Republic of Italy, Silver 500 Lire, 1958-2001, Obv: on the front is a woman with her hair in some kind of cloth, with strings hanging from the back of it, around the woman are things that look like bells or shields, there is no writing on the front, on the back is three ships in water with their masts out, Rev: around the ships are the words "REPVBBLICA ITALIANA" (republic italy), at the bottom is L.500, 11.02g, 29.44mm, about very fine.