500 Lire The sky today

Features

Issuer San Marino
Period Republic (301-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 1999
Value 500 Lire (500 SML)
Currency Lira (1864-2001)
Composition Bimetallic: aluminium bronze centre in stainless steel ring
Weight 6.8 g
Diameter 25.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1 March 2002
Number
N#
9914
References KM# 394
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

The sky today

Series: Toward the third millennium - Man & the exploration of his world

Obverse

Bust facing. holding flame within cupped hands, surrounded by celestial objects.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBBLICA DI
SAN MARINO

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Designers: Franco Filanci, Giovanni Giulianelli

Reverse

Moon's surface, radio waves and Saturn. Date and mintmark top right, value below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1999 R
L.500

Engraver: Claudia Momoni

Designer: Abd El Kalik Yhia

Edge

Segmented reeding

Mint

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

Comments

Heaven today. The Moon, the first celestial body studied by Man, is now a conquest, an ideal starting point for reaching other planets. And in the meantime, Space is furrowed by radio waves which carry the messages of Humanity to Infinity.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1999 R 1 970 000 $ 2.10 $ 2.10 $ 2.80 $ 2.80 98%
1999 R 30 000 $ 8.00 2.0% In sets only

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