1960
ITALY
SILVER
500 LIRE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S SHIPS, THE NINA, PINTA AND SANTA MARIA SAILING TO RIGHT
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, Palermo, Cagliari.
The last two are hidden behind the bust.
835% SILVER