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500 Lire Year of the Family
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing female effigy rendered in high relief, her hair adorned with a daisy, evoking an allegorical representation of the Italian Republic. The legend REPVBBLICA ITALIANA arcs along the upper periphery, while the engraver's surname COLANERI appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. The design is executed in a refined neoclassical style characteristic of mid-to-late twentieth-century Italian commemorative coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Italy designated 1987 as the International Year of the Family under a broader UN initiative, and the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato issued this 500 lire piece as part of its commemorative program — a series that had become a reliable revenue mechanism for the Italian state by the mid-1980s, with collector demand consistently outpacing circulation interest. The .835 silver standard was already archaic for Italian coinage by this point; ordinary circulating 500 lire bimetallic pieces had been in production since 1982.
Mintage for the series was tightly controlled, with proof and brilliant uncirculated versions distributed largely through the Poligrafico's own subscription channels rather than banks.