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1500 Lire - State Polygraphic Institute
| Issuer | Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed entrance ticket with an ornate baroque-style frame enclosing the central text panel, flanked by decorative vignettes. Series letter and serial number in red at top, with the denomination LIRE 1500 printed in orange letterpress over a large numeral underprint. Usage conditions printed in small text along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE B N° 058960 REPUBBLICA ITALIANA MINISTERO PER I BENI CULTURALI E AMBIENTALI UFFICIO CENTRALE PER I BENI AMBIENTALI, ARCHITETTONICI, ARCHEOLOGICI, ARTISTICI E STORICI BIGLIETTO D'INGRESSO LIRE 1500 I.P.Z.S. - OFFICINA C.V. - ROMA IL VISITATORE E TENVTO A CONSERVARE IL BIGLIETTO FINO ALL'VSCITA. IL BIGLIETTO E VALIDO PER VNA SOLA VOLTA E PER IL GIORNO IN CVI E STATO ACQVISTATO. PRESSO IL BIGLIETTAIO E OSTENSIBILE IL REGISTRO PER I RECLAMI. NESSVNA MANCIA |
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This is not a circulating banknote but a philatelic-numismatic souvenir issued by Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage to commemorate the State Polygraphic Institute itself — the same institution that printed it. The circular logic is deliberate: the note is both the subject and the artifact.
The 1500 Lire denomination was never legal tender. Such "folder issues" from this period were sold through philatelic counters bundled with commemorative stamps, targeting collectors rather than commerce.