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5 Lire
| Issuer | Kingdom of Italy |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Size | 89 × 50 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | Regno d'Italia La legge punisce i fabbricatori di biglietti falsi, chi li introduce e li usa nel Regno, e 5 chi, avendoli ricevuti per veri, li rimette in circolazione dopo conosciutane la falsità. Regno d'Italia (Translation: Kingdom of Italy The law punishes the makers of counterfeit banknotes, those who introduce and use them in the Kingdom, and 5 those who, having received them as genuine, put them back into circulation after having discovered their falsity. Kingdom of Italy) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Italy's 1882 5 Lire notes were produced domestically at the San Teodoro facility in Rome, one of the earliest sustained efforts by the Italian state to bring banknote production fully in-house following unification. The political motivation was straightforward: reliance on foreign printers for currency was considered a sovereignty problem, not merely a logistical one.
Pick 12 is notably scarce in any condition. The small physical size combined with low face value meant these circulated hard and were discarded without ceremony. Surviving examples with intact watermark definition are the exception.