| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1876-1881 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 5 Lire (5 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 89 × 50 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#4 |
| Obverse description | Big 5 inside decorated square, in different tonalities of brown, at left and at right. Text in black at center. Decoration with Kingdom of Italy coat of arms in ocher at center, in transparency behind the test. Denomination `5` and `Cinque Lire` in different stiles and positions. Series Number on top right and bottom left. Serial Number on top left and bottom right. |
| Reverse description | Portrait of Italia Turrita encircled at left facing right. Encircled legal test in white at center. Portrait of Italia Turrita encircled at right facing left. All elements in brown color, connected by decoration with repeated denomination `Cinque Lire` and number 5. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Not present. |
| Obverse lettering | BIGLIETTO CONSORZIALE
a corso forzoso
ed inconvertibile
vale CINQUE lire
Legge 30 Aprile 1874
Il Delegato del Consorzio
Il Delegato Governativo
5 - CINQUE LIRE - Regno d`Italia (Translation: CONSORTIUM TICKET forced tender and inconvertible it`s worth FIVE lire Law 30 April 1874 The Consortium Delegate The Government Delegate 5 - FIVE LIRE - Kingdom of Italy) |
| Reverse lettering | Regno ď Italia
La legge punisce i fabbricatori di biglietti falsi, chi li
introduce e li usa nel Regno, e
5
chi, avendoli ricevuti per veri, li rimette in circolazione dopo
conosciutane la falsità.
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 5 those who, having received them as genuine, put them back into circulation after having discovered their falsity. Kingdom of Italy) |
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| Catalog ID | 9720516410 |
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