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| Issuer | Banca d'Italia |
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| Year | 1938-1939 |
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| Printer | Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia), Rome, Italy (1926-date) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a finely engraved intaglio image of the Capitoline Wolf — the she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus upon a pedestal — set against a green guilloché underprint. To the left, a circular red overprint medallion inscribed OTTOBRE 1922 with a fasces device is printed in letterpress. A large blank circular cartouche occupies the right field, framed by ornamental scrollwork, with the numeral 50 and LIRE in a cartouche at lower right. The entire composition is enclosed within a decorative floral and foliate border with corner ornaments. |
| Reverse lettering | LIRE 50 LIRE 50 LIRE OTTO BRE 1922 DECRETO MINISTERIALE 19 MAGGIO 1926 ART. 2 DELLA LEGGE 10 AGOSTO 1893 N. 449. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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