Ancient Plow & Wheat 10 Lire Italy Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Plough, Ard, Plowshare, Ploughshare)
Ancient Plow & Wheat Ears 10 Lire Italy Authentic Coin Charm for Jewelry and Craft Making (Ard) (Plough) (Plowshare) Obverse: Ancient plow (plough), lettering above, date below Lettering: REPVBBLICA ITALIANA Translation: Italian Republic Reverse: Two ears of wheat dividing the coin's "10" value Features Issuer Italy Period Republic (1946-date) Type Standard circulation coin Years 1951-2001 Value 10 Lire (10 ITL) Currency Lira (1861-2001) Composition Aluminium Weight 1.6 g Diameter 23.25 mm Thickness 1.5 mm Shape Round Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓ Demonetized 02-28-2002 Number N# 728 References KM# 93, Schön# 93 Wikipedia: Domestication of oxen in Mesopotamia and the Indus valley civilization, perhaps as early as the 6th millennium BC, provided mankind with the draft power needed to develop the larger, animal-drawn true ard (or scratch plough). The earliest surviving evidence of ploughing, has been dated to 3500–3800 BCE, on a site in Bubeneč, Czech Republic. A ploughed field, fro