1 Lira

€239,200.00
IssuerItaly
Year1876-1881
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
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In circulation to12 April 1888
Reference(s) P#2
Obverse descriptionBig 1 encircled at right in light brown, with denomination inside. Big 1 encircled at left in light green, in transparency behind the text, with denomination inside. Decoration in light green 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 brown color. Repeated denomination `1 Lira` in white.
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Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionNot present.
Obverse letteringUNA LIRA BIGLIETTO CONSORZIALE a corso forzoso, inconvertibile vale UNA lira Legge 30 Aprile 1874 Il Delegato del Consorzio Il Delegato Governativo Regno d`Italia - 1 LIRA - Regno d`Italia UNA LIRA
(Translation: ONE LIRA CONSORTIUM TICKET forced tender, inconvertible it`s worth ONE lira Law 30 April 1874 The Consortium Delegate The Government Delegate  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.)
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Catalog ID8415502050
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