Medal Italy Scipione l'Africano 1937

In the 1930s Italy's Benito Mussolini had ambitions to invade North Africa. He produced a film called Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal as propaganda for this purpose. This bronze medal was given to participants in the film as a souvenir. The film was released in 1937.

Placing values on such a piece is not easy. The one in the picture comes from Militalian.com and is in superb condition. CoinQuest's estimate of value is $100 US dollars or thereabouts. The historical significance, the small mintage, and the excellent condition of Militalian's piece should bring the value to $100 levels, maybe more, probably not less.

CoinQuest thanks Militalian.com for use of its photo. It is an interesting item.
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Coin: 18848, Genre: Medals, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201502, Last review: 201502
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic brown Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1937, filter: 1937 to 1937
Image: italy_annibale_scipione.jpg
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