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Test Note - 50 000 Lira De La Rue, No Value
| Issuer | De La Rue (Thomas De La Rue & Co.), London |
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| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 70 x 149 NO VALUE 50.000 LIRE DeLaRue |
| Reverse description | Printed in monochrome grey-black on plain paper, with a uniform fine horizontal-line underprint across the entire field. The De La Rue oval cameo vignette appears at lower left, accompanied by the printer's name in a boxed inscription. Three boxed legends at top repeat the note dimensions, the "NO VALUE" declaration, and the denomination reference. |
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Thomas De La Rue produced specimen and test notes for internal and client-demonstration purposes throughout the twentieth century, and this piece falls into that category — printed to show colour registration, paper stock, or press calibration rather than for any issuing authority. The "50 000 Lira" denomination is nominal, a convenient large figure chosen to fill the denomination field without implying a real currency obligation. No central bank is on the hook for it.