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| 1000 Italian lire |
Italian Money - 1000 Lire banknote, 1947 - 1959 issue, Bank of Italy, Banca d'Italia.
Obverse: In the medallion to the left, a female profile taken from the group of "three Graces" in Botticelli's "Spring" (Uffizi Gallery, Florence); in watermark, a female head representing Abundance.
Drawing: G. Garrasi.
Etching: Mazzini Canfarini, Pietro Nicastro, Mario Baiardi.
Dimensions: Ministerial decree of 15 March 1947: 156 x 75 mm. (entire note, including margins), printed portion, 144 x 63 mm; ministerial decree of 25 August 1959: 158 x 75 mm. (entire note, including margins), printed portion, 144 x 64 mm.
Paper: white, paste watermark.
Characteristics: Ministerial decree of 15 March 1947: letterpress and copperplate; ministerial decree of 25 August 1959: dry offset and copperplate.
Printer: Ministerial decree of 15 March 1947: I.P.S., O.C.V., Rome; ministerial decree of 25 August 1959: Bank of Italy Printing Works; ministerial decree of 14 September 1961: I.P.S., O.C.V. Rome.
No. notes authorized: 950,000,000.
Legislation: Ministerial Decree of 15 March 1947; Ministerial Decree of 18 August 1947; Ministerial Decree of 9 February 1948; Ministerial Decree of 25 August 1959; Ministerial Decree of 14 September 1961.
Italian banknotes and paper money from Italy
1947-1948 Issue
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