500 lire Caravelle

11 g · 29 mm · axis 6 h

D/Renaissance-style female bust facing left, surrounded by the coats of arms of nineteen Italian Regions. In the exergue, engraved in a cartouche, GIAMPAOLI.

R/ REPVBBLICA ITALIANA — Three caravels sailing to the right. Among the waves of the sea, at left, the signature VEROI. In the exergue, L. 500 and, just below, the mint mark R.

Ref. Gigante 2018, n. 8 · Raised edge with the legend REPVBBLICA ITALIANA ✭ ✭ ✭ 1958 ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭; Circulation issue of 24,240,000 pieces

Sources: Catalogo Gigante