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5 Lire Allied Military Currency
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in green and brown on a light tan ground, with a fine guilloche lattice underprint at centre incorporating a faint vignette of a landscape scene. The denomination numeral '5' appears in each corner, with 'ISSUED IN ITALY' in bold letterpress at top centre, 'SERIES OF 1943 A' at left and right, and the trilingual denomination 'CINQUE / FIVE 5 FIVE / LIRE' in large bold type across the middle field. A red serial number in prefix-suffix format is printed at lower centre, flanked by the denomination numerals. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue-green on cream paper, dominated by a large ornate cartouche at centre with scrollwork and foliate borders enclosing the text 'ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY' in bold shaded letters. The four freedoms are inscribed in the four quadrants outside the cartouche: 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH' and 'FREEDOM OF RELIGION' at top left and right respectively, and 'FREEDOM FROM WANT' and 'FREEDOM FROM FEAR' at bottom left and right. A decorative scalloped border frames the entire design. |
| Reverse lettering | FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF RELIGION ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY FREEDOM FROM WANT FREEDOM FROM FEAR |
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