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500 Lire Bank of Italy Centennial

500 Lire (Bank of Italy Centennial) - obverse500 Lire (Bank of Italy Centennial) - reverse

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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 (33rd 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).

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

500 Lire (Bank of Italy Centennial) -  obverse

© Renato Lima (CC BY-NC)

Mint

R Rome, Italy (476-date)

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC References Frequency
1993 R error anniversary dates are "893 - 1993" 1.0%
1993 R 8 500 Proof - In Proof sets only 0.5%
1993 R Photo 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 (33rd 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 (33rd Edition). Gigante Editore, Varese, Italy.
small heraldic, big signature, see comments 14%

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1993 R – Gigante# 58 – big heraldic, small signature, see comments
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