500 Lire Italian Coin 20th anniversary of EU election '99

The last of the 500 lire bimetallic commemorative coins to be minted by the Italian Republic is the one issued to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1999 European elections. Since 1979, elections for the European Parliament have been held every five years. Description Italian 500 lire coin 1999 – Elezioni Europee On the obverse, the usual profile of a woman drawn by Cretara. The circular acmonital crown on the reverse of the 500 lire bimetallic 20° European Elections bears the inscription “ELECTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT” and at the top some stars which, going downwards, enter the inner bronzital circle. In this one is an electoral urn from which the stars (7 stars) come out, with the mint mark on the left and the value L.500 on the right. Below the urn is a stylised representation of the European Parliament hemicycle and the European Union flag between the dates 1979 and 1999. Under the flag the inscription ’13 June’ and on the left the signature of the author of the reverse