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500 Lire Summer Olympics 1988
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Engraver(s) | Maria Carmela Colaneri |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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| Mintage | 1988 R - - 70,000 1988 R - Proof - 13,000 |
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Italy's 1988 Seoul Olympics commemorative program was part of a broader licensing arrangement that allowed the Italian mint to issue coins tied to the Games despite Italy having no particular organizational role — a common practice among sovereign mints seeking revenue from international sporting events. The .835 silver alloy places it in an older Italian fineness tradition rather than the .900 standard more common to contemporary commemoratives from other nations.