| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 500 Lire (500 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Silver (.835) (Copper .165) |
| Weight | 11 g |
| Dimensions | 29 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Ettore Lorenzo Frapiccini |
| In circulation to | 28 February 2002 |
| Reference(s) | KM#146 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Tiziano as an old man facing left (taken from a self-portrait painting dated 1567). The lower and right part of portrait are cut by a ribbon with the name of the painter and his date of birth and death on it. Name of the author on the lower part, along the rim. Below the name of the engraver. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPVBBLICA •
• ITALIANA
TITIANVS•ÆQVES• m.1576 n.1490
E.L.FRAPICCINI (Translation: Italian Republic) |
| Reverse description | View of the Tiziano home in Pieve di Cadore, a small town near Belluno, in the former Republic of Venice. Value is below, while date and mintmark are at right |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | V CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA
L.500
1990 R (Translation: V Centenary of the birth) |
| Edge | Lettering in relief |
| Mint | R Rome, Italy (476-date) |
| Mintage | 1990 R - BU - In BU sets only - 52 300 1990 R - Proof - In Proof sets only - 9 400 |
| Catalog ID | 9577010030 |
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