| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1882-1883 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 250 Lire (250 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 224 × 115 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#16 |
| Obverse description | Italian Kingdom coat of arms at upper center, held by two lions. Encircled denomination 250 at upper left-center and right-center. Legal text in a cartouche at bottom center between two young women laying down: the one on the left holding a gear and a work tool (allegory of industry) with a stylized cornucopia with fruits (symbol of food and abundance) close to her feet; the one on the right holding a a sickle and a bunch of wheat (allegory of agriculture) with staff of Asclepius (symbol of the health arts) close to her feet. Head of god Mercurio (Ermes) in rhombus on bottom right and upper left. Head of god Bacco (Dioniso) in rhombus on bottom left and upper right. On center left a little cherub facing down right holding up an eagle facing up right. On center right a little cherub facing down left holding up an eagle facing up left. All the elements connected with decorations of olive, vines, oaks and other plants branches; everything in dark green color. Text in dark grey and black at center. Decoration with denomination `250` in orange color, in transparency behind the text, at center. Matrix on the left border, with repeated writing `Regno d`Italia` and denomination `250 Lire`, in dark green color. |
| Reverse description | Encircled portrait of Italia Turrita facing left at center, decorated all around with woven ribbons reporting inside denomination `250` and Consortium indication, all in dark green color. Repeated denomination `250` on the four cardinal points with waving rays in the background, in dark green color. Series Number on top left and bottom right. Serial Number on top right and bottom left. Series and Serial numbers have in the background a frame with denomination `250` in orange color. All elements are connected by ribbons in orange color with denomination `250`. Decorated matrix on the right border with repeated denomination `250` and `DUECENTOCINQUANTA` in dark green color. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Italia Turrita facing right inside the left oval.Number 250 inside the right oval. |
| Obverse lettering | 250 - 250
BIGLIETTO GIA` CONSORZIALE
A CORSO FORZOSO INCONVERTIBILE
VALE DUECENTOCINQUANTA 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: 250 - 250 ALREADY CONSORTIUM TICKET FORCED TENDER INCONVERTIBLE IT`S WORTH TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIRE LAW 25 DECEMEBER 1881 THE SPECIAL CASHIER THE DELEGATE OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS 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.) |
| Reverse lettering | 250
REGNO D`ITALIA
BIGLIETTO GIA` CONSORZIALE
250 (Translation: 250 KINGDOM OF ITALY ALREADY CONSORTIUM TICKET 250) |
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| Catalog ID | 6361393130 |
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