| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 1000 Lire (1000 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Silver (.835) |
| Weight | 14.60 g |
| Dimensions | 31.40 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Maria Carmela Colaneri |
| In circulation to | 28 February 2002 |
| Reference(s) | KM#201 |
| Obverse description | Older portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, one of the most important sculptor and architect of the Italian Baroque. In the background a view of St. Peter`s Square with part of the paving and of the colonnades. The Square was the major work of Bernini as architect. Name of the author on the Square paving. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
COLANERI (Translation: Italian Republic) |
| Reverse description | The disc of the facing sun, a particular of the sculpture `Truth unveiled by Time` now in the Rome Museum Galleria Borghese. Behind, as background, a composition made by the planimetry half of the Church of S.Andrea al Quirinale and half of St. Peter`s Square forming an oval. Dates of the anniversary are above the planimetry, at sides of the Sun, as well as the value. Legend below together with the mint mark |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 1598 1998
L. 1000
R
400 ANNI·NASCITA·G. L | . BERNINI (Translation: 400 years from the birth of G.L. Bernini) |
| Edge | Decorating ornaments with stars and lettering R.I. |
| Mint | R Rome, Italy (476-date) |
| Mintage | 1998 R - BU - In BU Sets only - 55 200 1998 R - Proof - In Proof Sets only - 9 000 |
| Catalog ID | 9015109280 |
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