Italy 500 Lire banknote 1947
Obverse: In the rectangle to the left, Ceres taken from the group "Venus, Juno and Ceres" in Raphael's frescoes at the Farnesina in Rome; to the right, in watermark, a female head of Italia.
Drawing: G. Garrasi.
Etching: Mazzini Canfarini, Pietro Nicastro, Mario Baiardi.
Dimensions: 144 x 70 mm. (entire note, including margins); printed portion, 132 x 58 mm.
Paper: white, paste watermark.
Characteristics: Letterpress and copperplate.
Printer: I.P.S., O.C.V. Rome.
No. notes authorized: 360,000,000 (production later continued as State notes).
Legislation: Ministerial Decree of 15 March 1947; Ministerial Decree of 18 August 1947; Ministerial Decree of 9 February 1948.
Italian banknotes and paper money from Italy
1947-1948 Issue
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