Italy 500 Lire, 1994

500 Lire from Italy. Issued in 1994. Struck in Bimetallic: bronzital centre in acmonital ring. Measures 25.8 mm and weighs 6.8 g.

Obverse

Female head facing left. The woman symbolizes the Italian Republic with feathered wings coming from temples (symbols of intelligence and freedom). Engraver's name below the neck-cut. (Italian Republic
Cretara)

Reverse

In the center the portrait of Luca Pacioli with a town in the background (cathedral -and nearest buildings-of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, his birth city). Name of the engraver on the inner ring below Pacioli right shoulder. Value and dates of anniversary together with the legend in the outer ring

Edge

Alternating smooth and reeded segments