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  • 500 Lire 1994, KM# 167, Italy, 500th Anniversary of Summa de Arithmetica by Luca Pacioli
  • 500 Lire 1994, KM# 167, Italy, 500th Anniversary of Summa de Arithmetica by Luca Pacioli
Obverse

Depicts allegorical portrait of Italian Republic with wings springing out of the head as a symbol of freedom and intelligence.

Engraver: Laura Cretara

REPVBBLICA ITALIANA ★
CRETARA

Reverse

Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo; c. 1447–1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and a seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting. He is referred to as "The Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping" and he was the first person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping.

Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita (Summary of arithmetic, geometry, proportions and proportionality) is a book on mathematics written by Luca Pacioli and first published in 1494. It contains a comprehensive summary of Renaissance mathematics, including practical arithmetic, basic algebra, basic geometry and accounting, written in Italian for use as a textbook. The Summa is the first printed work on algebra in a vernacular language, and it contains the first published description of the double-entry bookkeeping system.

Engraver: Uliana Pernazza

1494 LVCA PACIOLI 1994
PERNAZZA
· L.500 R

Edge

500 Lire

500th Anniversary of Summa de Arithmetica by Luca Pacioli

KM# 167 Schön# 170
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Acmonital
Center Bronzital
Weight 6.8 g
Diameter 25.8 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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