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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1894940, member: 29751&quot;]So I finally won an auction for a coin that I have been hunting down for nearly 3 years.&nbsp; I know I&#039;m not the only person who likes this design, and I&#039;m happy to add the lowest mintage MS coin of the series to my collection.&nbsp; It also happens to be from the year I graduated from high school! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t have it in hand yet, but (lucky me) it is the only example of the coin from this year that PCGS has graded, and it is pictured in CoinFacts.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The designer of the lovely female bust is well known among Italian artists.&nbsp; His name was Guido Veroi, and he died at the age of 87 in January 0f 2013.&nbsp; In my opinion, one of the great Italian numismatic artists (and otherwise) of the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1997-R Italy 500 Lire, PCGS MS67 </b><i>(Mintage 43,600)</i></p><p><i><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/19872349_1590935_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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