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1 Lira
| Issuer | Ministero del Tesoro (Ministry of the Treasury) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Reference(s) | P#29 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is composed entirely of an intricate intaglio design in olive-green tones, with a central oval cartouche bearing the anti-counterfeiting warning text, flanked on either side by two large circular guilloche medallions incorporating the monogram L. The whole composition is enclosed within a finely engraved rectangular border. The decree reference R.D.L. 20 MAGGIO 1935, N. 874 appears in a panel at the top, and the ministerial decree date D. MIN. 23 NOVEMBRE 1944 is inscribed in a corresponding panel at the bottom. The printer's imprint I.P.S. OFF. CARTE-VALORI appears vertically along the right margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 1944 Ministero del Tesoro lira notes were stopgap instruments, issued while Italy's banking system was in pieces following the armistice and the Allied occupation of Rome. Treasury-issued small denominations like this displaced coinage that had simply vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or lost in the disruption of war.
The catalog footnote on the Di Cristina / Cavallaro / Parisi signature combination is genuinely odd: the listed Cassiere Speciale "Zaini" corresponds to no verifiable official. Whether this reflects a cataloging error, a phantom signature variant, or a misread on a known specimen remains unresolved.