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Italy LIT 500 - 1961 R

Italy · 1961 · 500 lires
Common
€9.70minimum price
27,120,000coins minted
€15.82silver value · 9.19 g fine at today’s price
N7345 KM99 SCHöN98 GIGANTE41 MONTENEGRO01-03
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The coin's story

Pièce commémorative des 100 ans de l'unité italienne. Avers : une femme assise allégorie de l'Italie. Revers : Quadrige (char romain tiré par 4 chevaux)

    Obverse

    REPVBBLICA ITALIANAVEROI

    a woman sitting allegory of Italy.

    GVEngraved by Guido Veroi

    Reverse

    18611961L.500R

    Quadrige (char romain tiré par 4 chevaux)

    Engraved by

    Specifications

    • Denomination500 lires
    • Year1961
    • Mintage27,120,000
    • MaterialSilver 0.835
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter29.3 mm
    • Thickness2 mm
    • Weight11 g
    • EdgeIn relief with inscription "1° CENTENARIO VNITA D'ITALIA *1861-1961*"
    • 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 mm.

    Composition

    Silver83.5 % Copper16.5 %

    Reference catalogues

    N7345Numista KM99Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) SCHöN98Schön GIGANTE41GIGANTE MONTENEGRO01-03MONTENEGRO

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    500 lires1958 · 29.3 mm 500 lires1961 · 29.3 mm 500 lires1965 · 29.3 mm

    By the same engraver: Guido Veroi 2 coins

    1958Italy LIT 500 - 1958 R

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    18111970

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