| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 2 Lire (2 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 79 × 45 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Government Papers Workshop San Teodoro (Officina Carte Valori in Roma - San Teodoro), Rome, Italy |
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| In circulation to | 12 April 1888 |
| Reference(s) | P#11 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Italia Turrita facing right, inside decorated circle at left, in violet color. Text in black at center. Big 2 at right, inside decorated circle, in violet color. Decoration in light green-blue at center, in transparency behind the test. Denomination DUE LIRE in light green-blue all around the surface, and 2 LIRE in violet inside the two decorated circles. Series Number on top left and bottom right. Serial Number on top right and bottom left. |
| Reverse description | Encircled legal text in violet at left. Encircled legal text in white at right. Repeated denomination in white `Due Lire` and number 2, inside a violet decoration connecting all the elements. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Not present. |
| Obverse lettering | BIGLIETTO GIA` CONSORZIALE
A CORSO FORZOSO
ED INCONVERTIBILE
VALE DUE LIRE
Legge 25 Dicembre 1881
Il Cassiere Speciale
Il Delegato della Corte del Conti
LIRE 2 LIRE - Regno d`Italia (Translation: ALREADY CONSORTIUM TICKET FORCED TENDER AND INCONVERTIBLE IT`S WORTH TWO LIRE Law 25 December 1881 The Special Cashier The Delegate of the Court of Auditors LIRE 2 LIRE - Kingdom of Italy) |
| Reverse lettering | La
legge punisce i fabbricatori di biglietti falsi, chi li introduce e
li usa nel Regno e chi, avendoli ricevuti per veri, li rimette in
circolazione dopo conosciutane la falsità. (Translation: The law punishes the makers of counterfeit banknotes, those who introduce and use them in the Kingdom and those who, having received them as genuine, put them back into circulation after having discovered their falsity.) |
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| Catalog ID | 1464272320 |
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