- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB03-0509 |
| Description: | 50 Lire |
| Country or State: | Italy |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Currency: | Lira |
| Obverse: | Female head with towered crown facing left, hair swathed in fabric. One star below neck cut with name of the author on the right |
| Obverse Legend: | REPVBBLICA ITALIANA |
| Reverse: | Inside a large circle the value with big numbered fraction with the date above. In the outer ring a series of elements previously used in other coins of Italian Republic: from the mintmark clockwise: a bunch of grapes, a laurel branch an oak branch, a cornucopia and a toothed wheel |
| Reverse Legend: | 1996, R, 50 LIRE |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Designer: | Laura Cretara |
| Orientation: | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Mint Mark: | R (Rome) |
| Composition: | Copper-Nickel |
| Diameter: | 19.20 mm |
| Thickness: | 1.92 mm |
| Weight: | 4.500 grams |
| Mintage: | 110,000,000 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 183, G# 433 |
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In classical antiquity, the cornucopia, from Latin cornu (horn) and copia (abundance), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts. Baskets or panniers of this form were traditionally used in western Asia and Europe to hold and carry newly harvested food products. The horn-shaped basket would be worn on the back or slung around the torso, leaving the harvester's hands free for picking. |