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500 Lire Allied Military Currency
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and light blue note with an intricate guilloche underprint throughout. The large numeral '500' appears in the centre, flanked by ornate scrollwork vignettes, with the bilingual denomination 'CINQUECENTO / FIVE HUNDRED LIRE' above and below. The inscriptions 'ISSUED IN ITALY' appear on both left and right panels, and the serial number in red is printed twice — once at upper right and once at lower left. The legend 'ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY' runs along the lower margin in bold letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIES OF 1943 A FIVE HUNDRED LIRE CINQUECENTO 500 FIVE HUNDRED ISSUED IN ITALY LIRE CINQUECENTO LIRE SERIES OF 1943 A ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on plain paper, the reverse is divided into three panels by ornamental frames with scrollwork borders. The central panel carries the bold inscription 'ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY' within a decorative cartouche. The left panel bears the inscriptions 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH' and 'FREEDOM OF RELIGION', while the right panel carries 'FREEDOM FROM WANT' and 'FREEDOM FROM FEAR', referencing Roosevelt's Four Freedoms. |
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