| Issuer | Italy |
| Year | 1875-1881 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 50 Centesimi (0.50 ITL) |
| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 67 × 36 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 | 24 November 1881 |
| Reference(s) | P#1 |
| Obverse description | Big 50 encircled at left overtaken by a light blue decoration with leaves and branches. Big 50 encircled at right, in transparency behind the text, understated by a ocher decoration with leaves and branches Text in black at center-right. Denomination 50 repeated more times Series Number in black on top right and bottom left. |
| Reverse description | Portrait of Italia Turrita at left facing right with decorations, all in light blue. Encircled legal text in white at right. Repeated denomination `50 centesimi` Serial Number in red on top right and bottom left. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Not present. |
| Obverse lettering | REGNO D`ITALIA - 50 - REGNO
D`ITALIA
BIGLIETTO CONSORZIALE
a corso forzoso, inconvertibile
CINQUANTA CENTESIMI
Legge 30 aprile 1874
IL DELEGATO DEL CONSORZIO
IL DELEGATO GOVERNATIVO (Translation: KINGDOM OF ITALY - 50 - KINGDOM OF ITALY CONSORTIUM TICKET forced tender, inconvertible FIFTY CENTS Law 30 April 1874 THE CONSORTIUM DELEGATE THE GOVERNMENT DELEGATE) |
| Reverse lettering | 50 centesimi 50
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. (Translation: 50 cents 50 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.) |
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| Catalog ID | 8338501240 |
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