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2 Lire
| Issuer | Kingdom of Italy (Ministero delle Finanze) |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Value | 2 Lire (2 ITL) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of Italia Turrita in profile facing right, set within an ornate guilloche circle printed in violet; an identical decorative circle at right bears the large numeral 2 in violet. The central field carries the principal text in black letterpress over a light blue-green underprint of repeated denomination legends DUE LIRE and 2 LIRE radiating across the surface. Series numbers appear at upper left and lower right, with serial numbers at upper right and lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two guilloche-framed circular panels printed in violet, each enclosing a block of legal warning text — the left panel in violet ink on a light ground, the right panel in white text on a violet ground. The surrounding field is filled with an interlocking violet ornamental underprint incorporating repeated inscriptions DUE LIRE and the numeral 2, linking the two central elements. |
| 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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