500 Lire Colombo - The instruments
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Features
| Issuer |
Italy
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1946-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 1990 |
| Value | 500 Lire (500 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Silver (.835) (Copper .165) |
| Weight | 11 g |
| Diameter | 29.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 28 February 2002 |
| Number | N# 33559 |
| References | Montenegro# 30, 30bis Eupremio Montenegro (ed.); 2024. Montenegro 2025: Manuale del collezionista di monete italiane con valutazione e grado di rarità (40th Edition). Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Fabio Gigante; 2024. Gigante 2025: Catalogo nazionale delle monete italiane dal'700 alla fine della Lira (33rd Edition). Gigante Editore, Varese, Italy. |
Commemorative issue
500th Anniversary of discovery of America (2nd issue)
Obverse
Inside a circle left profile of Columbus with over a geometrical composition with the astrolabe, the wind rose and the geographic profiles of the Americas. Author's name on lower right of profile.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
+ REPVBBLICA ITALIANA +
COLANERI
Translation: Italian Republic
Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri
Reverse
Representation of an astrolabe and a caravel in a double circle. Value and date are on the horizontal diameter.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
V CENTENARIO DELLA
SCOPERTA DELL' AMERICA
L.500
1990
R
Translation: V Centenary of the Discovery of America
Engraver: Maria Carmela Colaneri
Edge
Lettering in relief
Script: Latin
Lettering: REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
Mint
| R | Rome, Italy (476-date) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1990 R | 
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75 000 | $ 35 | Montenegro# 30Eupremio Montenegro (ed.); 2024. Montenegro 2025: Manuale del collezionista di monete italiane con valutazione e grado di rarità (40th Edition). Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro). |
89% | ||||||||||
| 1990 R | 25 000 | $ 22 | Montenegro# 30bisEupremio Montenegro (ed.); 2024. Montenegro 2025: Manuale del collezionista di monete italiane con valutazione e grado di rarità (40th Edition). Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro). |
Proof | 17% | ||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 38
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Bullion value: USD 21.64
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Actual silver weight: 0.295 oz
Current silver price: 73.28 USD/oz (see silver price 
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 169 Lot 1001 
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20 Sep 2025 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 11.61
(EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 148 Lot 861
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11 Jan 2025 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 18.57
(EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 123 Lot 901
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27 Apr 2024 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 16.25
(EUR 14.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 114 Lot 864
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24 Feb 2024 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 12.77
(EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 108 Lot 866
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13 Jan 2024 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 10.45
(EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 106 Lot 2269
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27 Dec 2023 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 11.61
(EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 101 Lot 1058
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18 Nov 2023 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 20.90
(EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 88 Lot 807
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28 Jun 2023 | 1990 R – Montenegro# 30 | UNC |
USD 23.22
(EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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