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1000 Lire
| Issuer | Consorzio degli Istituti di Emissione (Kingdom of Italy) |
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| Year | 1877-1881 |
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| Reference(s) | P#9 |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 BIGLIETTO CONSORZIALE A CORSO FORZOSO INCONVERTIBILE VALE MILLE LIRE LEGGE 30 APRILE 1874 Il Delegato del Consorzio Il Delegato Governativo La legge punisce i fabbricatori di biglietti falsi, chi li introduce e li usa nel Regno e chi, avendoli ricevuti per veri, li rimette in circolazione dopo conosciutane la falsità. (Translation: 1000 CONSORTIUM TICKET FORCED TENDER INCONVERTIBLE IT'S WORTH ONE THOUSAND LIRE LAW 30 APRIL 1874 The Consortium Delegate The Government Delegate The law punishes the makers of counterfeit banknotes, those who introduce and use them in the Kingdom and those who, having received them as genuine, put them back into circulation after having discovered their falsity.) |
| Reverse description | A central oval vignette contains a portrait of Italia Turrita facing left, surrounded by an elaborate guilloche frame connecting repeated denomination inscriptions '1000' and 'MILLE' across the field. Vertical cartouches along the centre-left and centre-right borders carry legal text, while the right-border matrix strip bears repeated '1000 LIRE' lettering. The entire design is rendered in dark grey intaglio on a plain paper ground. |
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The Consorzio degli Istituti di Emissione was itself a short-lived administrative arrangement — a consortium binding together the Banca Nazionale nel Regno d'Italia, the Banca Nazionale Toscana, and several smaller regional institutes to issue notes under unified authority following Italian unification. This 1000 Lire was among the highest-denomination circulating instruments of its day, and in practical terms rarely changed hands outside of wholesale trade, government transactions, and large private banking operations.
The Officina Carte Valori at San Teodoro in Rome was established specifically to bring security printing under direct state control — a political priority after years of dependence on private and foreign presses.