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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 684621, member: 15445&quot;]<b>got the story</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Here is some data that I picked up from the Web so it must be true-</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The five hundred Lira was initially minted in 1957 as a trial.&nbsp; The coins of 1958 to 1967 are common circulating coins which are about the size of a US half dollar (29.5mm).&nbsp; The date is located on the edge of the coin.&nbsp; Pieces dated 1957 apparently have the ship’s flag waving against the wind direction.&nbsp; This 1957 variety is supposed to be “a keeper”.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The obverse design is apparently the artistic work of Pietro Giampaoli and his wife Letizia Savonitto.&nbsp; The design was originally created in memory of the first 10 years of marriage.&nbsp; In 1951, a medallion with the same design won the first prize at the International Numismatics Exposition in Madrid.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The reverse depicts Columbus’s galleons; the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.&nbsp; The reverse artist was Guido Veroi.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">collect89</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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