100 Lire 'Grande B ' Testina and Banca d'Italia seals

Issuer Italy
Year 1942-1944
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 100 Lire (100 ITL)
Currency Lira (1861-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 189 × 119 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy (1928-date)
Designer(s) Rinaldo Barbetti
Engraver(s) Ernesto Ballarini
In circulation to 30 June 1950
Reference(s) P#67
Obverse description On the left, large `B` supported by two cherubs among which there is a Savoy shield crowned with the collar of the SS. Annunziata; seated female figure, representing Knowledge; in the right allegorical genius of Justice with scales and sword.
Obverse lettering Banca d`Italia Cento Lire Pagabili a vista al portatore RIN. BARBETTI INV. E DIS. E. BALLARINI INC.
(Translation: Bank of Italy Hundred Lire Payable to the bearer on sight)
Reverse description On the right, a female figure personifying Science, with a torch and a book of human knowledge, surrounded by putti; small eagle in the center and on the left putti pulling a net.
Reverse lettering Lire Cento 100
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description In the window, the head of Mercury; the number `100` at the top.
Variants
Numisquare ID 3016160310
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