Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Lire Barbetti
| Issuer | Banca d'Italia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1926-1934 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Blue guilloche underprint of repeating star patterns covers the entire field. At left, an ornate letter 'B' accompanies a reclining female figure gazing into a mirror, with children and a crowned shield; at right, a child personification of Justice holds a sword and scales. At centre bottom, a red intaglio seal bears a profile portrait of Italia, flanked by bilingual legal warnings, with black letterpress serial numbers and the facsimile signatures of the Governor and Cashier in the lower margin. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Ochre guilloche underprint of repeating geometric patterns fills the entire field. At left, a vignette shows six putti drawing an urn from the water with a net; at right, a standing allegorical figure of Science holds an open book and a torch, attended by cherubs, one of whom holds a mirror while a bird perches nearby. At centre, an eagle surmounts a Fascio seal. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |