ITALY
KM 111 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
500 lire | 25.8 | 6.8 | Plain and reeded sectors | Outer ring: Stainless Steel | Coin | |
Core: Brass |
Obverse | Reverse | |||
Title of state 'The Republic of Italy' in Italian, allegorical portrait of the Italian Republic. |
Inscriptions on ring: face value in miniature Braille writing, below - face value. Wheat ear and olive twig. In the center: view of Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. It was the first bimetal coin minted in the world. It is the world’s first coin to be issued with Braille on the reverse! |