This serie of banknotes belongs to Civil War in the end of WWII. There
are banknotes of 1 lira, 2 lire, 5 lire and 10 lire.
This
banknotes worth 1 lira was first circulated November the 23rd of 1944.
On the main side left, you can see a portrait of a woman wearing a
laurel wreath and the text "L'Italia laureata" (graduated Italy). This
wreath is used when graduated or poets in the past wore is as a
greatness recognition. All this is decorated with floristic elements. In
the middle is says "una lira" with typical Roman letters. In the
background there an L and a 1.
On
the other side you can see an oval with a text that says that coining
and spreading fake banknotes is punished by law. It has two 1's too,
one in each side of the image. There are
decorative borders with geometric motif. This banknote has curved lines as digital watermark. The size of this banknote
is 7.7 cm x 4.3 cm.
This
banknotes worth 5 lire was first circulated November the 23rd of 1944.
On the main side left, you can see a Roman soldier (luogotenente) wearing the typical Roman helmet, galea.
In
the right part of the banknote there is a 5 decorated with
floristic and still life motiv. In the
center can be seen the written value of the banknote with Roman letters and the name of the country in Italian (Italia). The
rest of the banknote is fulled
with decorative elements and has four 5's. 
On the other side you can see in the middle another frame containing 5 lire and in the upper and lower part, gaps. In the lower one there is a texts that says that counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law and the rest of the banknote is fulled with floristicdecorative elements. This banknote has arms as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 9.4 cm x 5.7 cm.
This
banknotes worth 10 lire was first circulated November the 23rd of 1944.
On the main side left, you can see the
Roman God Jupiter (in Greece, Zeus), god of the sky, thunder and king
of gods. This Zeus image wears a laurel wreath too, being named Zeus
Eleuthérios, symbol of the freedom. In his right appears a 10 and in the
middle, a gap left for the digital watermark. The
banknote is completed with decorative elements.
On
the other side you can see two naked men, representing agricultural
work, one holding a sickle and the other, a hammer. It has two 10's, the
gap for the digital watermark and the written value of the banknote. There are
decorative borders with geometric motif and a text saying that coining and spreading fake banknotes is punished by law. This banknote has a flower representing a tulip as digital watermark. The size of this banknote
is 9.2 cm x 5.6 cm.
1 lira (una lira)
5 lire (cinque lire)
On the other side you can see in the middle another frame containing 5 lire and in the upper and lower part, gaps. In the lower one there is a texts that says that counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law and the rest of the banknote is fulled with floristicdecorative elements. This banknote has arms as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 9.4 cm x 5.7 cm.
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