Italy 500 Lire, 1991

500 Lire from Italy. Issued in 1991. Struck in Silver (.835). Measures 32 mm and weighs 15 g.

Obverse

In center the head of a young woman facing, from whom eight stylized rays of the sun come out. Along the rim a selection of protected examples of flora and fauna are between the rays, as if drawing life blood from sun and men's care. Name of the autor below head. (Italian Republic)

Reverse

A man, with outstretched arms at sides stands protecting a big oak. A vertical line cut the man and the tree in two, dividing the left, dying, from the right, flourishing again. Value and mintmark at right; date below.

Edge

"R.I." repeated three times between leaves and branches