| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1866-1868 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 2 Lire (2 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 73 × 43 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#W-BNR-2 |
| Obverse description | Countersign with Italian Kingdom coats of arms surrounded by Bank name in red at upper center-right. Portrait of Camillo Benso count of Cavour facing right at center. Two black medallions with denomination `2` and bank name at upper left and right. Big text in black covering almost the entire space. Two small black circles with denomination `2` at bottom right and left. Denomination `2 LIRE` in a black frame connecting the four medallions. Printer`s name inside the same frame at bottom center, below number `2`. Repeated denomination `DUE LIRE` in black inside a cartouche covering the bottom part of the note. Series letter in black at bottom center-left. Series number in black at bottom center-right. Serial number in red written above Series letter and Series number at center left and center right. |
| Reverse description | Encircled denomination `2` at the four corners. Date of creation at the upper center. Printer`s name at the bottom center. Legal text at center, with a decoration above and below, surrounded by a frame composed of 36 medallions with denomination `2` and `DUE LIRE`. All elements in green color, while all text is in white. Repeated denomination `DUE LIRE` in green all around the background. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Not present. |
| Obverse lettering | BANCA NAZIONALE
NEL REGNO D`ITALIA
DUE LIRE
2
CONTROLLORE - CASSIERE
AmericanBankNoteCo.NewYork (Translation: NATIONAL BANK IN THE KINGDOM OF ITALY TWO LIRE 2 CONTROLLER - CASHIER AmericanBankNoteCo.NewYork) |
| Reverse lettering | CREAZIONE 22 GENNAIO 1868
DUE 2 LIRE
La legge punisce col maximum dei lavori forzati a tempo i
fabbricatori di biglietti falsi, quelli che falsificassero i
biglietti della Banca Nazionale, e coloro che introducessero nello
Stato biglietti falsi o falsificati.
Compagnia Americana pei Biglietti di Banca Nuova York (Translation: CREATION 22 JANUARY 1868 TWO 2 LIRE The law punishes the makers of counterfeit banknotes, those who counterfeit National Bank banknotes, and those who introduce false or falsified banknotes into the State with the maximum of fixed-term forced labor. American Bank Note Company New York) |
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| Catalog ID | 7928984620 |
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