Female head with laurel wreath facing left, dividing the country name on both sides. Names of the designer and engraver below.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
ROMAGNOLI
GIAMPAOLI-INC. (Translation: ITALIAN REPUBLIC)
Reverse description
Goddess Minerva facing left reaching an olive tree with her raised right hand while in the left holds a long spear. Value at left of olive trunk; mintmark at right of the Goddess. Date below, in exergue.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
L.100 R
1967
Edge
Reeded
Mint
R Rome, Italy (476-date)
Mintage
1955 R - - 8 600 000 1956 R - - 99 800 000 1957 R - - 90 600 000 1958 R - - 25 640 000 1959 R - - 19 500 000 1960 R - - 20 700 000 1961 R - - 11 860 000 1962 R - - 21 700 000 1963 R - - 33 100 000 1964 R - - 31 300 000 1965 R - - 36 440 000 1966 R - - 52 500 000 1967 R - - 23 700 000 1968 R - - 34 200 000 1969 R - - 27 710 000 1969 R - BU - In BU sets - 310 000 1970 R - - 25 011 000 1971 R - - 24 900 000 1972 R - - 31 170 000 1972 R - date as `1972/` - 1973 R - - 30 780 000 1974 R - - 62 000 000 1975 R - - 106 000 000 1976 R - - 160 000 000 1977 R - - 253 980 000 1978 R - - 343 600 000 1979 R - - 351 583 600 1980 R - - 69 938 500 1981 R - - 122 280 000 1982 R - - 39 500 000 1983 R - - 25 000 000 1984 R - - 10 000 000 1985 R - - 10 000 000 1985 R - Proof - In Proof sets only - 20 345 1986 R - - 18 000 000 1986 R - Proof - In Proof sets only - 17 500 1987 R - `8` far from `9`, different serifed `7` - 1987 R - `8` near to `9` - 25 000 000 1987 R - Proof - In Proof sets only - 10 000 1988 R - - 23 000 000 1988 R - Proof - In Proof sets only - 9 000 1989 R - - 34 000 000 1989 R - Proof - In Proof sets only - 9 260