500 lire 1943 — Italy ( Pick: 69 )
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Europe
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Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 500 lire issued in Italy in 1943. It is cataloged under Pick number 69. The dimensions of this note are 191 x 111 mm, and it features a white paste watermark.
The front side design displays a dark red color on a pink underprint, without a counter-foil. The note includes seals marked Type A/E and is signed by Azzolini and Urbini.
A total of 228,600,000 notes were produced. The I.P.S. printing office in Rome operated for this note from 1942 to October 1943, after which production shifted to I.P.S. plants in Northern Italy until early 1945, and returned to the I.P.S. in Rome from November 1944.
The front side design displays a dark red color on a pink underprint, without a counter-foil. The note includes seals marked Type A/E and is signed by Azzolini and Urbini.
A total of 228,600,000 notes were produced. The I.P.S. printing office in Rome operated for this note from 1942 to October 1943, after which production shifted to I.P.S. plants in Northern Italy until early 1945, and returned to the I.P.S. in Rome from November 1944.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Azzolini and Urbini
- Date of issue
- 31.03.1943
- Printing office
- I.P.S., O.C.V., Rome (1942-October 1943); I.P.S., plants in the North of Italy (late 1943-early 1945); I.P.S., O.C.V. Rome (from November 1944); Bank of Italy Printing Works
- Paper
- White paste watermark
- Colour
- Dark red on pink underprint
- Dimensions
- 191 x 111 mm
- Amount produced
- 228,600,000
- Pick catalog
- 69
About this banknote
The Bank of Italy issued the 500 lire banknote (Pick 69) on March 31, 1943. This issuance was authorized by the Ministerial Decree of March 30, 1943, during the reign of King Vittorio Emanuele III.
The obverse features allegorical figures representing Law and Justice, with the crowned coat of arms of the House of Savoy at the top center. The reverse depicts the personification of Credit, accompanied by symbolic female figures and putti. The banknote measures 191 x 111 mm and was printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome.
