500 Lire Barcelona Olympics

500 Lire (Barcelona Olympics) - obverse500 Lire (Barcelona Olympics) - reverse

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Features

Issuer San Marino
Period Republic (301-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1991
Value 500 Lire (500 SML)
Currency Lira (1864-2001)
Composition Silver (.835)
Weight 11 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized 1 March 2002
Number
N#
54267
References KM# 271
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.

Commemorative issue

1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona

Obverse

Here the Founder Saint is presented in the act of shaping the Three Towers, which standing on the Three Peaks of Mount Titano, are the most important part of the Coat-of-Arms of San Marino. The composition is encircled by the legend "REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO" and the year "1991".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO
1991

Translation: REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO

Engraver: Bandoli

Reverse

The Greek Priestess gathers the sun's rays, condensing them with a parabolic mirror and projecting them into the Olympic Brazier, where the flame is lit and burns for the duration of the Olympic Games. Beside the figure one finds the inscription "OLIMPIADE 1992" and the value "L.1000".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
OLIMPIADE 1992
L.500

Engravers: Bandoli, Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini

Edge

First words of Marino's Will

Script: Latin

Lettering: RELINQUO VOS LIBEROS

Mint

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

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1991 R 60 000 $ 11 88%
1991 R 8 000 $ 14 15% Proof

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