50 000 Lire Benvenuto Cellini

Features

Issuer Italy
Period Republic (1946-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2000
Value 50 000 Lire (50 000 ITL)
Currency Lira (1861-2001)
Composition Gold (.900)
Weight 7.5 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 28 February 2002
Number
N#
59636
References KM# 232
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

500th Anniversary of the birth of Benvenuto Cellini

Obverse

Bust of Cellini (a great sculptor, goldsmith and draft-man in 16th Century and one of the most important artists of Mannerism) facing right.
Below the name of the author

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
C. MOMONI

Translation: Italian Republic

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Reverse

The "Perseo with the head of Medusa" one of the most famous works of Cellini, with behind the profile of the Loggia dei Lanzi, the building in Florence where the statue is located. The value, on three lines, is between two columns of the loggia, with dates at its right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BENVENUTO CELLINI
50
MILA
LIRE
1500 2000
R

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2000 R 4 375 Proof

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