ITALY 

KM 111

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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!