500 Lire
Features
| Issuer | Italy  |
|---|---|
| Period | Republic (1946-Date) |
| Type | Standard Circulation Coin |
| Years | 1982-2001 |
| Value | 500 Lire (500 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Bimetallic: Bronzital Center In Acmonital Ring |
| Weight | 6.8 g |
| Diameter | 25.8 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin Alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 28 February 2002 |
| Number | N# 302 |
| References | KM# 111, Schon# 110 |
Obverse
Female head facing left. The woman symbolizes the Italian Republic with feathered wings coming from temples (symbols of intelligence and freedom). Engraver's name below the neck-cut.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
CRETARA
Translation:
Italian Republic
Cretara
Engraver: Laura Cretara
Reverse
In the center a view of the Piazza del Quirinale, Rome., with small date in lower position. Value ("L.500") in Braille at top of the outer ring, as text at the bottom; plants on either sides.
Scripts: Braille, Latin
Lettering:
⠨⠇⠄⠼⠑⠚⠚⠄
R 1987
L.500
Translation:
L. 500
R 1987
L. 500
Engraver: Laura Cretara
Edge
Alternating smooth and reeded segments.
Mint
| R, | Rome, Italy (476-date) |
Comments
There are three main groups of the Obv.
Medium head: 1982-1987, 1994-1997, 2000, 2001.
Large head: 1988-1991.
Small head: 1991-1992, 1998.
Portrait varieties exist with the size of the head and details of hair and signature vary.
1982
Only medium head.
1987
Only medium head.
Obverse
Die 1 1982 - large signature, lower plies of hair narrow.
Die 2 - small signature, well engraved front part of neck with sharp bottom corner, lower plies of hair wide.
Variations exist on 1987
1991
Examples of 1991 with the monument edges incuse (compared to 1980s with the monument edges raised) are known:
©tvladusic
1991 - 1&9 close and with gap
1988 Overprint
| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 R | 162 026 000 | 33% | average head | |||||||||||
| 1983 R | 138 000 000 | 28% | ||||||||||||
| 1984 R | 162 000 000 | 31% | ||||||||||||
| 1985 R | 162 000 000 | 26% | large signature | |||||||||||
| 1985 R | 20 345 | 0.5% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1985 R | 7% | small signature | ||||||||||||
| 1986 R | 17 500 | 0.5% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1986 R | 165 000 000 | 28% | small signature | |||||||||||
| 1987 R | 200 000 000 | 28% | large signature | |||||||||||
| 1987 R | 10 000 | 0.3% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1987 R | 5% | small signature | ||||||||||||
| 1988 R | 142 000 000 | 22% | ||||||||||||
| 1988 R | 9 000 | 0.16% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1989 R | 155 000 000 | 25% | ||||||||||||
| 1989 R | 9 250 | 0.2% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1990 R | 130 000 000 | 21% | ||||||||||||
| 1990 R | 9 400 | 0.2% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1991 R | 9% | large head | ||||||||||||
| 1991 R | 11 400 | 0.3% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1991 R | 140 000 000 | 15% | small head | |||||||||||
| 1992 R | 3% | large head | ||||||||||||
| 1992 R | 9 500 | 0.3% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 1992 R | 150 000 000 | 17% | small head | |||||||||||
| 1995 R | 110 000 000 | 16% | ||||||||||||
| 1995 R | 7 960 | 0.14% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 2000 R | 61 400 | 0.5% | BU - In BU Sets only | |||||||||||
| 2000 R | 10 000 | 0.11% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||
| 2001 R | 100 000 | 0.8% | BU - In BU Sets only | |||||||||||
| 2001 R | 10 000 | 0.3% | Proof - In Proof sets only | |||||||||||