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1000 Lire Repubbliche Marinare
| Issuer | Banca d'Italia |
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| Year | 1930-1943 |
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| In circulation to | 30 June 1953 |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents allegorical female figures personifying the maritime republics of Venice and Genoa, rendered in intaglio with fine guilloche underprint framing the composition. The denomination "MILLE" appears at centre, flanked by ornate borders with corner value numerals reading "1000". The engraver's credit "G. CAPRANESI INV." is inscribed within the lower border area. |
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| Signature(s) | Stringher & Cima 07.07.1930 Azzolini & Cima 28.06.1933, 21.03.1934, 12.12.1934, 15.04.1935 & 17.03.1936 Azzolini & Urbini 21.10.1938, 16.08.1939, 21.11.1939, 29.04.1940, 16.07.1940, 19.08.1940, 19.12.1940, 20.03.1941, 21.05.1941 & 13.11.1941 |
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The Repubbliche Marinare series takes its name from the four great medieval maritime republics — Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfi — whose commercial dominance shaped Mediterranean trade for centuries. This 1000 Lire note was the highest denomination in regular circulation through most of the Fascist period, and its longevity across thirteen years and three signature combinations reflects both the stability of the design and the disruption of the war years.
Bonaldo Stringher, whose signature appears on the earliest 1930 dates, had been Governor of Banca d'Italia since 1900 and died in office in 1930 — making the July issue one of his last official acts. Vincenzo Azzolini, who succeeded him and dominates the bulk of dates here, was later arrested in 1944 by the Allies on charges related to wartime gold transfers to Nazi Germany.
The 1941 dates are the final ones recorded for this type before wartime production and monetary pressures forced significant changes to Italian note design.