100 Lire Barbetti

€323,322.00
IssuerItaly
Year1926-1934
TypeStandard banknote
Value100 Lire (100 ITL)
CurrencyLira (1861-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size190 × 110 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBank of Italy (Banca d`Italia), Rome, Italy (1926-date)
No. printed
Designer(s)Rinaldo Barbetti
Engraver(s)Ernesto Ballarini
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#50
Obverse descriptionBlue security background composed of repeating star patterns. On the left, a decorated letter `B` and a reclining woman looking in a mirror. On the left are children and a crowned shield. On the right, a child symbolizing Justice holds a sword and a balance in his hands. In the center at the bottom, a seal in red with the head in profile of Italia. Texts in Italian. The numbering and signatures are printed in black. Three combinations of signatures with The Governor and The Cashier.
Reverse descriptionOcher`s safety background is composed of repeating patterns. On the left, six cherubs take an urn out of the water with a net. On the right, an allegory of Standing Science holds an open book and a torch with cherubs at its feet. A bird is perched, and a child holds a mirror in his hands. In the center, an eagle is placed on a `FASCIO` seal.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionNeptune`s head in profile.
Obverse letteringBANCA D` ITALIA CENTO LIRE PAGABILI A VISTA AL PORTATORE IL GOVERNATORE IL CASSIERE LA LEGGE PUNISCE I FABBRICATORI E GLI SPACCIATORI DI BIGLIETTI FALSI LA LEGGE PUNISCE I FABBRICATORI E GLI SPACCIATORI DI BIGLIETTI FALSI DECRETO MINISTERIALE 30 LUGLIO 1896 DECR. MIN. 12 AGOSTO 1929 - ANNO VII - E 18 DICEMBRE 1925 RIN. BARBETTI INV. E DIS. E. BALLARINI INC.
Reverse lettering100 DECRETO MINISTERIALE 19 MAGGIO 1926 ART. 2 DELLA LEGGE 10 AGOSTO 1893 N. 449.
Variants
Catalog ID8818013920
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