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

€217,501.00
IssuerItaly
Year1942-1944
TypeStandard banknote
Value100 Lire (100 ITL)
CurrencyLira (1861-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size189 × 119 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterIstituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy (1928-date)
No. printed
Designer(s)Rinaldo Barbetti
Engraver(s)Ernesto Ballarini
In circulation to30 June 1950
Reference(s) P#67
Obverse descriptionOn 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.
Reverse descriptionOn 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.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionIn the window, the head of Mercury; the number `100` at the top.
Obverse letteringBanca 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 letteringLire Cento 100
Variants
Catalog ID3016160310
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