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Italy - 500 lire 1965 R - Alighieri Dante

Italy · 1965 · 500 lires
Uncommon
€9.70minimum price
5,000,000coins minted
€15.82silver value · 9.19 g fine at today’s price
N7346 KM100 GIGANTE42 MONTENEGRO04
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The coin's story

Commemorative coin of 700 years of the birth of Dante. Obverse: Alighieri Dante's left profile. Reverse: the representation of Dante's work "la divine comédie".

    Obverse

    REPVBBLICA ITALIANASCULT GVERGINELLIINC G MONASSI

    alighieri Dante's left profile.

    GMEngraved by Guerrino Mattia Monassi

    Reverse

    RL. 5001965

    the representation of the work "la divine comédie" by Dante.

    Engraved by

    Specifications

    • Denomination500 lires
    • Year1965
    • Mintage5,000,000
    • MaterialSilver 0.835
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter29.3 mm
    • Thickness2.2 mm
    • Weight11 g
    • EdgeSmooth with inscription in relief "7°CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA DI DANTE"
    • ScriptsLatin

    Actual size

    500 lires 29.3 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2.2 mm.

    Composition

    Silver83.5 % Copper16.5 %

    Reference catalogues

    N7346Numista KM100Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) GIGANTE42GIGANTE MONTENEGRO04MONTENEGRO

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    500 lires1961 · 29.3 mm 500 lires1965 · 29.3 mm 1000 lires1970 · 31.4 mm

    By the same engraver: Guerrino Mattia Monassi 2 coins

    19701000 lire Roma CAPITALE de L'italie 1970 R

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