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| Issuer | Banca d'Italia |
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| Year | 1985-2001 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000 LIRE CINQUEMILA PAGABILI A VISTA AL PORTATORE OFFICINA DELLA BANCA D'ITALIA IL GOVERNATORE IL CASSIERE V.BELLINI G.SAVINI INV.-T.CIONINI INC. BANCA D'ITALIA (Translation: 5000 Lire Five Thousand Payable at Sight to the Bearer Officina of the Bank of Italy The Governor The Cashier V. Bellini G. Savini INV. - T. Cionini INC. Bank of Italy) |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the title character Norma from Bellini's opera of the same name, rendered as a robed female figure with arms raised toward the bare branches of a sacred oak tree, with a classical column at left — a scene evoking the druidic setting of Act I. The composition is set within a radiating guilloche oval on a pale green and ochre underprint. The denomination '5000' appears in bold numerals at upper right, with the anti-counterfeiting warning legend printed vertically at center-right. |
| Reverse lettering | 5000 LA LEGGE PUNISCE I FABBRICATORI E GLI SPACCIATORI DI BIGLIETTI FALSI DECRETO MINISTERIALE 4 GENNAIO 1985 (Translation: 5000 The Law Punishes Creators and Distributors of Fake Banknotes Ministerial Decree of 4 January 1985) |
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