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500 Lire Aretusa
| Issuer | Ministero del Tesoro (Treasury Ministry of Italy) |
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| Year | 1966-1975 |
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| In circulation to | 30 June 1980 |
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| Obverse description | At left, an intaglio-engraved eagle with a serpent in its talons rises above stylised waves with dolphins below; at centre, the large denomination numeral '500 LIRE' is set within a radiating guilloche sunburst pattern. At right, a classical portrait vignette of Arethusa faces left, rendered in fine intaglio line work. Manuscript signatures of the Direttore Generale del Tesoro and the Cassiere Speciale appear below the central vignette, with the Court of Auditors countersignature alongside. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPVBBLICA ITALIANA 500 LIRE IL DIRETT. GEN. DEL TESORO IL CASSIERE SPECIALE V.° PER LA CORTE DEI CONTI BIGLIETTO DI STATO A CORSO LEGALE I.P.S. OFF. CARTE-VALORI R.MURA DIS. |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 500 500 LIRE LEGGE 31-3-1966, N.171 E D.M. 17033 20-10-1967 |
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