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500 Lire

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 (14^th 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 2 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.

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.

1991

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

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1982 R	162 026 000	$ 0.15	$ 0.21	$ 0.29	$ 0.43	$ 0.43	$ 0.49	$ 0.94	33%	average head
1983 R	138 000 000	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.22	$ 0.32	$ 0.48	$ 0.75	$ 1.00	29%
1984 R	162 000 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.11	$ 0.21	$ 0.32	$ 0.48	$ 0.54	$ 0.64	31%
1985 R	162 000 000		$ 0.11	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 1.60	27%	large signature
1985 R	20 345								0.5%	Proof - In Proof sets only
1985 R				$ 0.33	$ 0.33	$ 0.86	$ 0.90	$ 1.00	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	$ 0.40	$ 0.40	$ 0.47	$ 1.10	28%	small signature
1987 R	200 000 000	$ 0.15	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.39	$ 0.44	$ 0.75	$ 1.10	28%	large signature
1987 R	10 000								0.3%	Proof - In Proof sets only
1987 R				$ 0.43	$ 1.10	$ 1.90			5%	small signature
1988 R	142 000 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.44	$ 0.63	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	23%
1988 R	9 000								0.16%	Proof - In Proof sets only
1989 R	155 000 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.11	$ 0.27	$ 0.32	$ 0.52	$ 0.54	$ 0.70	25%
1989 R	9 250								0.2%	Proof - In Proof sets only
1990 R	130 000 000	$ 0.11	$ 0.11	$ 0.32	$ 0.32	$ 0.54	$ 0.75	$ 1.10	21%
1990 R	9 400								0.2%	Proof - In Proof sets only
1991 R				$ 0.18	$ 0.43	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 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	$ 0.54	$ 0.54	$ 0.68	$ 1.10	16%	small head
1992 R				$ 0.28	$ 0.43	$ 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	$ 0.93	18%	small head
1995 R	110 000 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.31	$ 0.54	$ 0.54	$ 0.86	16%
1995 R	7 960								0.15%	Proof - In Proof sets only
2000 R	61 400							$ 7.50	0.5%	BU - In BU Sets only
2000 R	10 000								0.11%	Proof - In Proof sets only
2001 R	100 000							$ 6.40	0.8%	BU - In BU Sets only
2001 R	10 000								0.4%	Proof - In Proof sets only

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