1958, Italy. Beautiful Silver 500 Lire Coin. Lustre BU!

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1958, Italy. Beautiful Silver 500 Lire Coin. Lustre BU! Reference: KM-98 Mint Place: Rome (R) Denominations: 500 Lire Mint year: 1958 (first date for type!) Condition: Lustre Brilliant Uncirculated! Material: Silver (.835) Weight: 11.01gm Diameter: 29mm Obverse: Female bust left within wreath of shields. Designer´s signature (" Giampaoli ") below. Reverse: Columbus' ships at sea, denomination (L.500) and mint initial (R) below. Legend: REPVBBLICA ITALIANAAuthenticity unconditionally guaranteed. ! Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer from the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy, whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. With his four voyages of exploration and several attempts at establishing a settlement on the island of Hispaniola, all funded by Isabella I of Castile, he initiated the process of Spanish colonization which foreshadowed general European colonization of the "New World".Although not the first to reach the Americas from Europe—he was preceded by at least one other group, the Norse, led by Leif Ericson, who built a temporary settlement 500 years earlier at L'Anse aux Meadows — Columbus initiated widespread contact between Europeans and indigenous Americans.The term " read more

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