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500 Lire – Italy

Commemoration: 20th Anniversary of the first Election of European Parliament

Context

Year: 1999

Issuer: Italy

Period:

(since 1946)

Currency:

(1861—2001)

Demonetization: 28 February 2002

Total mintage: 50,008,500

Material

Diameter: 25.8 mm

Weight: 6.8 g

Shape: Round

Composition: Bimetallic (Bronzital center, Acmonital ring)

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

References

KM: #203

Numista: #6673

Value

Exchange value: 500 ITL

Inflation-adjusted value: 837.68 ITL

Obverse

Inscription:

REPVBBLICA ITALIANA

CRETARA

Translation:

Italian Republic

Cretara

Script: Latin

Languages: Italian, Latin

Engraver: Laura Cretara

Inscription:

R L.500

1979 1999

13 GIUGNO

L. DE SIMONI

ELEZIONI DEL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO

Translation:

Five Hundred Lire

1979 1999

13 June

L. De Simoni

Elections of the European Parliament

Script: Latin

Language: Italian

Engraver: Luciana De Simoni

Alternating smooth and reeded segments

Name	Mark
Rome	R

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1999	R	50,000,000
1999	R	8,500	Proof

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