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250 Lire
| Issuer | Kingdom of Italy |
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| Year | 1882-1883 |
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| Reference(s) | P#16 |
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| Reverse description | A large central vignette presents an encircled portrait of Italia Turrita facing left, surrounded by interlaced ribbon borders bearing the denomination "250" and the consortium inscription in dark green. The four cardinal points each carry the numeral "250" set against a radiating wave guilloche background in dark green, while series and serial numbers appear at the four corners, each framed by an orange underprint panel with the numeral "250". Orange ribbon ornaments link all major design elements, each repeating the denomination, and a decorative matrix border at right carries repeated inscriptions "250" and "DUECENTOCINQUANTA" in dark green intaglio. |
| Reverse lettering | 250 REGNO D`ITALIA BIGLIETTO GIA` CONSORZIALE 250 (Translation: 250 KINGDOM OF ITALY ALREADY CONSORTIUM TICKET 250) |
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Italy's Banca Nazionale nel Regno d'Italia issued this note under royal charter during a period of fierce political debate over which institutions should hold the right of emission. Three banks — Banca Nazionale, Banca Nazionale Toscana, and Banca Toscana di Credito — all retained circulation rights simultaneously, making interoperability a constant administrative headache. The 250 Lire denomination itself was an awkward middle value, neither the workhorse 100 nor the high-value 500, and it was never reissued after the series ended.
The San Teodoro workshop in Rome was the government's own production facility, brought into service specifically to reduce dependence on foreign security printers.