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5 Lire Provisional

Issuer Banca Nazionale nel Regno d'Italia
Year 1866
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Printer De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)
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Obverse description Upper-left corner bears an oval medallion vignette with a portrait of Italia Turrita facing left, enclosed in a decorative border. The upper centre-right area carries the bank name and denomination in bold letterpress. Three signature lines at centre — Il Censore, Il Reggente, and Il Cassiere — are printed above their respective handwritten signatures. An anti-counterfeiting legal warning in Italian runs along the lower margin, and the series letter and serial number appear at upper right.
Obverse lettering BANCA NAZIONALE NEL REGNO D'ITALIA 5 LIRE CINQUE 5 Il Censore - Il Reggente - Il Cassiere La legge punisce col maximum dei lavori forzati a tempo i fabbricatori di biglietti falsi, quelli che falsificassero i biglietti della banca nazionale, e coloro che introducessero nello stato biglietti falsi o falsificati.
(Translation: NATIONAL BANK IN THE KINGDOM OF ITALY 5 LIRE FIVE 5 The Censor - The Regent - The Cashier The law punishes the makers of counterfeit banknotes, those who counterfeit National Bank banknotes, and those who introduce false or falsified banknotes into the State with the maximum of fixed-term forced labor.)
Reverse description Blank, unprinted.
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