| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1882 |
| 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#14 |
| 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 green color. Text in black at center. Decoration in light green 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 green 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 GIA` CONSORZIALE
A CORSO FORZOSO ED INCONVERTIBILE
VALE VENTI LIRE
LEGGE 25 DICEMBRE 1881.
IL CASSIERE SPECIALE
IL DELEGATO DELLA CORTE DEI CONTI
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 ALREADY CONSORTIUM TICKET FORCED TENDER AND INCONVERTIBLE. IT`S WORTH TWENTY LIRE LAW 25 DECEMEBER 1881. THE SPECIAL CASHIER THE DELEGATE OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS 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
BIGLIETTO GIA` CONSORZIALE
REGNO D`ITALIA
ITALIA (Translation: LIRE 20 LIRE - 20 ALREADY CONSORTIUM TICKET KINGDOM OF ITALY ITALY) |
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| Catalog ID | 6652043010 |
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