500 Lire

500 Lire - obverse500 Lire - reverse

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Features

Issuer Italy
Period Republic (1946-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1982-2001
Value 500 Lire (500 ITL)
Currency Lira (1861-2001)
Composition Bimetallic: bronzital centre in acmonital ring
Weight 6.8 g
Diameter 25.8 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 28 February 2002
Number
N#
302
References KM# 111,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 110
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

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
Cretara

Engraver: Laura Cretara

Reverse

In the center a view of the Piazza del Quirinale, Rome., with small date in lower position. Value ("L.500") in Braille at top of the outer ring, as text at the bottom; plants on either sides.

Scripts: Braille, Latin

Lettering:
⠨⠇⠄⠼⠑⠚⠚⠄
R 1987
L.500

Translation:
L. 500
R 1987
L. 500

Engraver: Laura Cretara

Edge

Alternating smooth and reeded segments.

500 Lire -  obverse

© ZacUK

Mint

R Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy (1911-date)

Comments

There are three main groups of the Obv.
Medium head: 1982-1987, 1994-1997, 2000, 2001.
Large head: 1988-1991.
Small head: 1991-1992, 1998.
Portrait varieties exist with the size of the head and details of hair and signature vary.

1982 
Only medium head.


1987
Only medium head.
Obverse
Die 1 1982 - large signature, lower plies of hair narrow.
Die 2 - small signature, well engraved front part of neck with sharp bottom corner, lower plies of hair wide.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev.

Variations exist on 1987



1991


Examples of 1991 with the monument edges incuse (compared to 1980s with the monument edges raised) are known:

©tvladusic

 

1991 - 1&9 close and with gap

 

 

1988 Overprint

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1982 R 162 026 000 $ 0.15 $ 0.17 $ 0.29 $ 0.43 $ 0.43 $ 0.51 $ 0.95 33% average head
1983 R 138 000 000 $ 0.22 $ 0.22 $ 0.22 $ 0.32 $ 0.49 $ 0.76 $ 1.10 28%
1984 R 162 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.11 $ 0.22 $ 0.32 $ 0.47 $ 0.51 $ 0.65 31%
1985 R 162 000 000 $ 0.11 $ 0.32 $ 0.38 $ 0.39 $ 0.49 $ 1.60 26% large signature
1985 R 20 345 0.5% Proof - In Proof sets only
1985 R $ 0.34 $ 0.34 $ 0.61 $ 0.91 $ 1.10 7% small signature
1986 R 17 500 0.5% Proof - In Proof sets only
1986 R 165 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.12 $ 0.27 $ 0.41 $ 0.41 $ 0.47 $ 1.10 28% small signature
1987 R 200 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.22 $ 0.22 $ 0.39 $ 0.44 $ 0.76 $ 1.10 28% large signature
1987 R 10 000 0.3% Proof - In Proof sets only
1987 R $ 0.32 $ 0.68 $ 1.10 $ 1.90 5% small signature
1988 R 142 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.23 $ 0.23 $ 0.43 $ 0.65 $ 1.10 $ 1.10 22%
1988 R 9 000 0.17% Proof - In Proof sets only
1989 R 155 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.11 $ 0.27 $ 0.32 $ 0.53 $ 0.54 $ 0.70 25%
1989 R 9 250 0.2% Proof - In Proof sets only
1990 R 130 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.11 $ 0.32 $ 0.32 $ 0.53 $ 0.54 $ 1.10 21%
1990 R 9 400 0.2% Proof - In Proof sets only
1991 R $ 0.18 $ 0.43 $ 0.52 $ 0.52 $ 1.30 9% large head
1991 R 11 400 0.3% Proof - In Proof sets only
1991 R 140 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.11 $ 0.27 $ 0.50 $ 0.54 $ 0.69 $ 1.10 16% small head
1992 R $ 0.28 $ 0.43 $ 0.43 3% large head
1992 R 9 500 0.3% Proof - In Proof sets only
1992 R 150 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.11 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 1.10 17% small head
1995 R 110 000 000 $ 0.10 $ 0.10 $ 0.10 $ 0.31 $ 0.54 $ 0.54 $ 0.54 16%
1995 R 7 960 0.14% Proof - In Proof sets only
2000 R 61 400 $ 7.60 0.5% BU - In BU Sets only
2000 R 10 000 0.11% Proof - In Proof sets only
2001 R 100 000 $ 4.30 0.8% BU - In BU Sets only
2001 R 10 000 0.3% Proof - In Proof sets only

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