500 Lire Bank of Italy Centennial

Features

Issuer	Italy
Period	Republic (1946-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1993
Value	500 Lire (500 ITL)
Currency	Lira (1861-2001)
Composition	Bimetallic: bronzital centre in acmonital ring
Weight	6.8 g
Diameter	26 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	28 February 2002
Number	N# 716
References	Gigante# 58, 59 Fabio Gigante; 2024. Gigante 2025: Catalogo nazionale delle monete italiane dal'700 alla fine della Lira (33^rd Edition). Gigante Editore, Varese, Italy. , KM# 160 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 159 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Centenary of the Bank of Italy

Obverse

Female head facing left. The woman symbolizes the Italian Republic with feathered wings coming from temples (symbols of intelligence and freedom). Engraver's name below the neck-cut.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
CRETARA

Translation: ITALIAN REPUBLIC

Engraver: Laura Cretara

Reverse

In center the monogram of the Bank of Italy divides the dates of the anniversary on both sides. Name of the author below. In outer ring the value is in the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTENARIO DELLA BANCA D'ITALIA
1893 1993
R
GROSSI
L.500

Translation:
CENTENARY OF THE BANK OF ITALY
1893 1993
GROSSI
500 LIRE

Engraver: Sergio Grossi

Edge

Alternating smooth and reeded segments

Mint

R	Rome, Italy (476-date)

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1993 R									error anniversary dates are "893 - 1993"	1.0%
1993 R	8 500								Proof - In Proof sets only	0.5%
1993 R	90 000 000	$ 0.64	$ 0.64	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	Gigante# 58 Fabio Gigante; 2024. Gigante 2025: Catalogo nazionale delle monete italiane dal'700 alla fine della Lira (33^rd Edition). Gigante Editore, Varese, Italy.	big heraldic, small signature, see comments	90%
1993 R				$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 2.30	Gigante# 59 Fabio Gigante; 2024. Gigante 2025: Catalogo nazionale delle monete italiane dal'700 alla fine della Lira (33^rd Edition). Gigante Editore, Varese, Italy.	small heraldic, big signature, see comments	14%

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