- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | SB08-0102 |
| Description: | 10 Lire (Effigy of Umberto I) |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Italy (17 March 1861 - 18 June 1946) |
| Year: | 29 July 1918 |
| Head of State/Ruler: | Vittorio Emanuele III (Full Name: Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia) |
| Reign: | 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 (45 years, 284 days) |
| Currency: | 10 ₤ - Italian lira (1861-2001) |
| Obverse: | Bust of King Umberto I within a medallion |
| Obverse Legend: | Biglietto di stato - A corso legale, convertibile, al portatore e a vista, di moneta metallica - Vale DIECI lire |
| Reverse: | Only denomination in oval at left |
| Reverse Legend: | Number "10" placed inside an oval |
| Printer: | Officina Governativa Carte Valori di Torino (Italy) - OGCVT |
| Signatures: | Giuseppe Dell'Ara and Porena. 29.07.1918 |
| Serial number: | 2751-3530 |
| Dimensions (B x H): | 113 x 69 mm |
| Emission: | 88,000,000 |
| Catalog Number: | World Paper Money P-20e |
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Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy. In addition, he claimed the thrones of Ethiopia and Albania as Emperor of Ethiopia and King of the Albanians, which were unrecognised by the Great Powers. During his long reign, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two World Wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism. |
