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1000 Lire Columbus
| Issuer | San Marino |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Lira (1864-2001) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A contemplative three-quarter figure of Christopher Columbus seated, his chin resting in his right hand in a pensive pose, rendered in fine engraved detail with draped robes and a navigator's cap. The figure occupies the central field, with the mint mark R visible at the lower centre. The surrounding legend in the inner border reads TETHYSQUE NOVOS DETEGAT ORBES NEC SIT TERRIS ULTIMA THULE, and the outer rim bears the inscription SCOPERTA DELL'AMERICA flanking the commemorative dates 1492-1992, with the denomination L 1000 at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | SCOPERTA DELL'AMERICA TETHYSQUE NOVOS DETEGAT ORBES NEC SIT TERRIS ULTIMA THULE 1492-1992 L 1000 (Translation: Discovery of America Tethys shall disclose new worlds, and Thule not be the limit of the lands) |
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