100000 lire Type 1994

Reference:

Pick: #117 , The Banknote Book: B468

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Description

Italy. Banca d'Italia. 1990-1997 Issues. Banknote identical to Pick # 110 but with new security features and new colors. Work by G. Savini and engraving by T. Cionini for the front. Engraving by Capponi for the back. Dimensions: 156 x 70 mm. Watermark: portrait of Caravaggio and BI monogram. Printer: Officina della Banca d'Italia. Safety signs: intaglio printing, solid security thread, microtext, color-changing pattern and pattern reconstituted by transvision. Material: paper. Full-color front and back printing, predominantly green, yellow, blue and red. Description on the front: security background made up of guilloche shapes and two characters taken from La Diseuse de bonne aventure. On the right, the portrait of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1569-1609) and next to it in brown the seal of the four Maritime Republics (Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa and Venice). The banknote number is repeated twice and printed in black and blue. The signatures are printed in black. On the left, the location of the watermark. Two combinations of signatures with The Governor and The Cashier. Description of the back: a basket of fruit on a background of guilloche shapes and a view of the castle extracted from a painting by Caravaggio, the "Sacrifice of Isaac". The text of the penal code is printed under the fruit basket. No specimen known for Type.

Banknotes :Bank of Italy (1990-1997)