1966 IT 1966 ITALY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Ship DISCOVER Ame 500 Lire Good Uncertified

1966 ITALY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Ship DISCOVER America SILVER 500Lire Coin i90309 i90309Authentic Coin of: ItalyChristopher Columbus Sailing Ships to the New World to Discover America Commemorative1966 Silver 500 Lire 29.3mm (10.98 grams) 0.835 silver (0.2934 oz. ASW)Reference: KM# 98 | Obverse Designer: Pietro Giampaoli | Reverse Designer: Guido Veroi | Bust of woman in Renaissance dress, representing Italy surrounded by 19 shields. From lower left the shields are: Genova, Torino, Aosta, Milano, Trento, Venezia, Trieste, Udine, Bologna, Firenze, Ancona, Perugia, Roma, L'Aquila, Napoli, Bari, Potenza, Catanzaro, Sicilia, Cagliari. The last two are hidden behind the bust. Below the name of the engraver.REPUBLICA ITALIANA, Christopher Columbus's ships, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria sailing to right.Edge Lettering: REPUBLICA ITALIANA and the year flanked by on either side. You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. Christopher Columbus (/klmbs/; Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish: Cristbal Coln; Portuguese: Cristvo Colombo; born between 31 October 1450 and 30 October 1451, Genoa; died 20 May 1506, Valladolid) was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World.In the context of emerging Western imperialism and economic competition between European kingdoms through the establishment of trade routes and colonies, Columbus' proposal to reach the East Indies by sailing westward eventually received the support of the Spanish Crown, which saw in it a chance to enter the spic

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