| CATALOG INFORMATION |
| ID Number: |
MC02-0304 |
| Category: |
Modern Coins |
| Description: |
Italy, 500 Lire 1965 |
| Country or State: |
Italy |
| Year: |
1965 |
| Period: |
Republic (2 June 1946 - present) |
| Head of State/Ruler: |
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| Reign: |
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| Currency: |
Lira |
| Face Value: |
500 Lire |
| Subject/Theme: |
700th Anniversary - Birth of Dante Alighieri |
| Obverse: |
Head left (Dante Alighieri) |
| Obverse Legend: |
REPVBBLICA ITALIANA |
| Obverse Designer: |
Goffredo Verginelli and Guerrino Mattia Monassi |
| Reverse: |
Radiant sun above flame, value and date |
| Reverse Legend: |
L.500, 1965 |
| Reverse Designer: |
Goffredo Verginelli and Guerrino Mattia Monassi |
| Edge: |
7° CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA DI DANTE (in relief) |
| Note: |
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| Mint Mark: |
R (Rome) |
| Composition: |
Silver (Ag) 0.835 |
| Diameter: |
29.5 mm |
| Thickness: |
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| Weight: |
11.000 grams (0.2953 oz.) |
| Mintage: |
4,272,000 |
| Krause & Mishler Number: |
KM# 100 |
| Other Catalog Number: |
Gigante: 81 |
| State of Conservation: |
Extremely Fine (XF) |
| Rarity: |
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| CATALOG VALUE |
| Proof (Prf) |
€ - |
| Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) |
€ - |
| Mint State/Mint Condition (MS) |
€ - |
| Uncirculated (Unc) |
€ 12.00 |
| Extremely Fine (XF) |
€ 5.00 |
| Very Fine (VF) |
€ - |
| Fine (F) |
€ - |
| Very Good (VG) |
€ - |
| Good (G) |
€ - |
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| HISTORICAL NOTES |
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Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante (c. 1265–1321), was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Commedia and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
In Italy he is known as il Sommo Poeta ("the Supreme Poet") or just il Poeta. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language". |
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