50 Lire (SmallType)
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Reverse: © smithymx67
Description
This was a standard circulation coin for Italy.
Key Details
Country
Italy (ITA)
Issuer
Banca d'Italia
Currency
Lira
ITL
1861 - 2001
Type
Standard Circulating
Years
1990 - 1995
Alignment
Coin ↑↓
Shape
Round
Diameter (⌀)
17 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Weight
2.7 g
Face Value
50 Lire (50 ITL)
Demonetized
Yes
Composition
Acmonital
81.75% Iron, 18.25% Chromium
Obverse (heads)
Obverse Description
A portrait of a woman's head with an oak wreath with lettering around the rim edge of the coin.
Obverse Designer
Pietro Giampaoli
Giuseppe Romagnoli
Obverse Lettering
REPVBBLICA · ITALIANA
ROMAGNOLI
GIAMPAOLI-INC.
Obverse Lettering Translation
Republic of Italy
Reverse (tails)
Reverse Description
The god Vulcan working iron on an anvil with date and denomination around.
Reverse Designer
Giuseppe Romagnoli
Pietro Giampaoli
Reverse Lettering
1993
L.50
R
Edge
Edge Description
Plain
Mints
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome (R)
1911 - to date
Mintage
Year
Mintage
Quality
1990 R
45,500,000
Circulated
1990 R
9,400
Proof
1991 R
60,000,000
Circulated
1991 R
11,000
Proof
1992 R
90,000,000
Circulated
1992 R
9,500
Proof
1993 R
160,000,000
Circulated
1993 R
8,500
Proof
1994 R
95,255,000
Circulated
1994 R
8,500
Proof
1995 R
82,000,000
Circulated
1995 R
7,960
Proof