FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - EUROPE: Italy
Italy pick 23d: 5 Lire from 1915
17.6.1915. Blue and black on pink underprint. Portrait King Vittorio Emanuele III at right.
Collectors Comment: obv.: eagle
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Italy pick 55a: 100 Lire from 1931
5.10.1931-16.12.1936. Olive and brown. Roma reclining with spear and shield holding Victory, wolf with twins at bottom center. ROMA at end of imprint. Back: Eagle and wreath at center. Watermark: \"Italia\" and Dante.
Collectors Comment: obv.: wolf; rev.: eagle
Italy pick 64: 50 Lire from 1943
31.3.1943. Blue on green underprint. Without counterfoil. Large letter L and woman with three children at left. Seals: Type A/E. Back: Woman\'s head at right.
Collectors Comment: obv.: eagle
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Italy pick 72a: 1000 Lire from 1943
11.8.1943-1.8.1944; 11.11.1944. Violet-brown and brown. Ornate border with shield at upper center. Seals: Type A/F.
Collectors Comment: dated: 11.8.1943 obv.: eagles; rev.: deer, owl
Italy pick 93a: 500 Lire from 1966
20.6.1966; 20.10.1967; 23.2.1970. Dark gray on blue and multicolored underprint. Eagle with snake at left, Arethusa at right. Three signature varieties.
Collectors Comment: obv.: eagle, snake, dolphins
Italy pick 109b: 1000 Lire from 1982
6.1.1982. Dark green and tan. Marco Polo at right and as watermark. Facade of Doge Palace in Venice at bottom of vertical format on back. Printer: ODBI. Seal with winged lion.
Collectors Comment: obv.: bird