| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1876-1881 |
| 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#3 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Italia Turrita facing right, inside decorated circle at left, in dark green color. Text in black at center. Big 2 at right, inside decorated circle, in dark green color. Decoration in ocher at center, in transparency behind the test. Denomination DUE LIRE in ocher all around the surface, and 2 LIRE in dark green 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 dark green at left. Encircled legal text in white at right. Repeated denomination in white `Due Lire` and number 2, inside a dark green decoration connecting all the elements. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Not present. |
| Obverse lettering | BIGLIETTO CONSORZIALE
a corso forzoso ed inconvertibile
vale DUE lire
Legge 30 Aprile 1874
Il Delegato del Consorzio
Il Delegato Governativo
LIRE 2 LIRE - Regno d`Italia (Translation: CONSORTIUM TICKET forced tender and inconvertible it`s worth TWO lire Law 30 April 1874 The Consortium Delegate The Government Delegate 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 | 9789091770 |
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