1 Lira

€394,521.00
IssuerItaly
Year1881-1882
TypeStandard banknote
Value1 Lira (1 ITL)
CurrencyLira (1861-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size75 × 43 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterGovernment Papers Workshop San Teodoro (Officina Carte Valori in Roma - San Teodoro), Rome, Italy
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to12 April 1888
Reference(s) P#10
Obverse descriptionBig 1 encircled at right in light red-brown, with denomination inside. Big 1 encircled at left in ocher, in transparency behind the text, with denomination inside. Decoration in ocher at center, in transparency behind the text. Text in black on center-left. Denomination 1 Lira (in number and letters) in different stiles and positions Series Number on top left and bottom right. Serial Number on top right and bottom left.
Reverse descriptionPortrait of Italia Turrita facing right at left. Encircled legal text at right. Elements connected with knots decoration, all in light red-brown color. Repeated denomination `1 Lira` in white.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionNot present.
Obverse letteringUNA LIRA BIGLIETTO GIA` CONSORZIALE A CORSO FORZOSO ED INCONVERTIBILE VALE UNA LIRA Legge 25 Dicembre 1881 Il Cassiere Speciale Il Delegato della Corte del Conti Regno d`Italia - 1 LIRA - Regno d`Italia UNA LIRA
(Translation: ONE LIRA ALREADY CONSORTIUM TICKET FORCED TENDER AND INCONVERTIBLE IT`S WORTH ONE LIRA Law 25 December 1881 The Special Cashier The Delegate of the Court of Auditors Kingdom of Italy - 1 LIRA - Kingdom of Italy ONE LIRA)
Reverse lettering1 LIRA 1 La legge punisce i fabbricatori di biglietti falsi, chi li introduce e li usa nel Regno e chi, avendoli ricevuti per veri, li rimette in circolazione dopo conosciutane la falsità.
(Translation: 1 LIRA 1 The law punishes the makers of counterfeit banknotes, those who introduce and use them in the Kingdom and those who, having received them as genuine, put them back into circulation after having discovered their falsity.)
Variants
Catalog ID7736538760
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