Variant of 100L Vatian city [solved]

Hi guy! I have this coin, 100 lire 1959 for the Vatican cit, but it’s a variant not existent on Numista and neither on other websites. I was able to find a little writing about it on the website “Numismatica europea” but not much. The variant is in the face where the Pope is represented: you can see that the writing is “IOANNES • XXIII • P• M • AN • I ⭐️”, but in the “normal” coin should be “IOANNES • XXIII • P• M • AN • I”, you can see the pictures. Does anyone know anything about this?

That's normal. The star is probably just there to fill up the space as the lettering was quite short for the first year of the pope. The other coin that you're comparing with is from the third regnal year.
https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/vatican-city-100-lire-km-64.1-1959-i-cuid-1073041-duid-1600839

https://vatican.com/3/Vatican-100-Lire-1959

You can add your coin as an example for year 1, as there isn't any on the coin page: N#2642

If you look on the coin page N#2642 and read the comments it explains the difference in legend.

All 1959 coins should be like that AN I ⭐, at least the from the images I have seen for coin sales, and read from the explanation. You claim it should be just AN I (like the image comparison you provided) which is a AN III from 1961, so it is comparing apples to oranges Km64.1 AN I 1959 to Km64.2 AN II - IV 1960 - 1962.

If you are asking why? I dont know but they obviously decided to change the design, however your coin is totally normal.

KM64.1 according to SCWC

KM64.2 according to DCWC

in 1959 there was only the km64.1 and nothing else and the 64.2 is from 1960 only.

EDIT:

The OP's coin is a 64.1, as King rightly pointed out

Sjoelund

KM64.1 according to SCWC

 

KM64.2 according to DCWC

 

in 1959 there was only the km64.1 and nothing else and the 64.2 is from 1960 only.

 

The OP's “coin” is most probably just a token of some kind, it's NOT in the SCWC and Google doesn't find it either

OPs coin is Km64.1, isnt it?

I've made a CR to have the page split into one for 64.1 and one for 64.2, since they have different images

Sjoelund

I've made a CR to have the page split into one for 64.1 and one for 64.2, since they have different images

In your blue box Km64.2 legend AN II,III & IV or AN II-IV

Title has wrong KM number.  

Thanks, it has been modified here

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic173522.html

King

Sjoelund

I've made a CR to have the page split into one for 64.1 and one for 64.2, since they have different images

In your blue box Km64.2 legend AN II,III & IV or AN II-IV

I meant here Sjoelund, also maybe AN II etc should be underneath IOHANNES line as it reads left to right as apposed to following rim legend.