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5 Lire

Issuer Consorzio Obbligatorio tra gli Istituti di Emissione (Consortium of Italian Banks of Issue)
Year 1876-1881
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Size 89 × 50 mm
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Obverse description The central field carries the denomination "CINQUE LIRE" and "5" in varying typographic styles, flanked at left and right by large guilloche-framed numeral "5" vignettes rendered in graduated brown tones. A Kingdom of Italy coat of arms appears as a translucent underprint at center, printed in ochre behind the black letterpress text block. Series number is positioned at upper right and lower left, with serial number at upper left and lower right.
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Reverse lettering Regno d'Italia 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. 5 Regno d'Italia
(Translation: Kingdom of Italy 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. 5 Kingdom of Italy)
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