5 Lire Provisional

€422,291.00
IssuerItaly
Year1866
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Lire (5 ITL)
CurrencyLira (1861-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size150 × 84 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterDe La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)
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In circulation to1 January 1869
Reference(s) P#W-BNR-4
Obverse descriptionDecorated medallion with portrait of Italia Turrita facing left on upper left. Big text in black with bank name and denomination on the upper center-right part. Legal text in black on the bottom side. Series and serial number in black at upper right.
Reverse descriptionBlank.
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Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionWaving lines and `BANCA NAZIONALE DEL REGNO D`ITALIA` written in four lines.
Obverse letteringBANCA 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.)
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Catalog ID3970649070
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