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| Italian Currency 100000 lire Manzoni banknote |
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| Lire Centomila 100000 lire |
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Banca d'Italia. Lire Centomila - One Hundred Thousand Italian Lire.
Obverse: Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni. At the sides of the State seal, two horizontal copperplate friezes show the value of the note, in figures.
Reverse: At the centre, a view of Lecco and of the "arm of Lake Como" mentioned in the first line of Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.
Watermark reproduces the head of the muse Praxilla, nearly in profile facing the centre of the note.
Legislation: Ministerial Decree of 27 June 1967.
Drawing: Florenzo Masino Bessi.
Etching: Mario Baiardi (Obverse); Trento Cionini (Reverse).
Dimensions: 174.5 x 86 mm. (including white margins); coloured portion, 158 x 69.5 mm.
Paper: high-quality white pulp, watermark.
Characteristics: Copperplate and indirect typography (dry offset).
Printer: Bank of Italy Printing Works (Officina della Banca d'Italia).
100,000 lire = (€ 51.65)