500 Lire

€270,780.00

Issuer	Italian East Africa
Year	1938-1939
Type	Standard banknote
Value	500 Lire
Currency	Lira (1938-1941)
Composition	Paper
Size	201 × 117 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Printer	Bank of Italy (Banca d`Italia), Rome, Italy (1926-date)
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to	May 1942
Reference(s)	P#3

Obverse description	Peasant woman with sheaf of grain and sickle at right
Reverse description	Crowned arms at left, Allegorical figures representing Economy, Law and Finance, seal below
Signature(s)
Protection type	Watermark
Protection description	Leonardo da Vinci with cap
Obverse lettering	SERIE SPECIALA AFRICA ORIENTALE ITALIANA BANCA D`ITALIA LIRE CINQUECENTO PAGABILI A VISTA AL PORTATORE E VIETATATA LA CIRCULAZIONE FUORI DEI TERITORI DE L`AFRICA ORIENTALE ITALIANA
Reverse lettering
Variants
Catalog ID	7643031220
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