| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1877-1881 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 20 Lire (20 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 153 × 82 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#6 |
| Obverse description | Italian Kingdom coat of arms at upper center. Legal text in square at bottom center between two children: the one on the right holding a fishing hook (allegory of commerce), the one on the left holding a gear (allegory of industry). All the elements connected with decorations of olive, vines, oaks and other plants branches, everything in light blue color. Text in black at center. Decoration in ocher at center, in transparency behind the text, with repeated denomination `20 LIRE`. Series Number on top left and bottom right. Serial Number on top right and bottom left. Matrix on the left border with writing `Regno d`Italia` in black color. |
| Reverse description | Portrait of Italia Turrita in square, facing left, at center. Repeated denomination `20 LIRE` and number `20` on each corner of the ticket, at the corners of the central square, inside the decoration that surrounds the two watermarks circles and inside the right border matrix. Everything in dark grey-black color. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Italia Turrita facing right inside the left oval.Number 20 inside the right oval. |
| Obverse lettering | REGNO D`ITALIA
BIGLIETTO CONSORZIALE
A CORSO FORZOSO, INCONVERTIBILE.
vale VENTI lire
Legge 30 Aprile 1874.
IL DELEGATO DEL CONSORZIO
IL DELEGATO GOVERNATIVO
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: Kingdom of Italy CONSORTIUM TICKET FORCED TENDER, INCONVERTIBLE. it`s worth TWENTY lire Law 30 April 1874. THE CONSORTIUM DELEGATE THE GOVERNMENT DELEGATE The law punishes the makes 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.) |
| Reverse lettering | LIRE 20 LIRE - 20
CONSORZIO DEGLI ISTITUTI DI EMISSIONE
REGNO D`ITALIA
ITALIA (Translation: LIRE 20 LIRE - 20 CONSORTIUM OF ISSUING INSTITUTIONS KINGDOM OF ITALY ITALY) |
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| Catalog ID | 1014984720 |
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