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ID Number: | SB06-0101 |
Description: | 10 ₤ (10 Lire) |
Country or State: | Kingdom of Italy (17 March 1861 - 18 June 1946) |
Year: | 1938 (yr. XVIII) |
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: | Portrait of King Vittorio Emanuele III at left. Date at bottom center edge |
Obverse Legend: | REGNO D´ITALIA, BIGLIETTO DI STATO, A CORSO LEGALE |
Reverse: | "Italia" at right |
Reverse Legend: | LIRE 10, DIECI LIRE |
Watermark: | Woman's head facing left |
Printer: | Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori di Roma (Italy) - OCV |
Signatures: | Grassi, Porena, Collari |
Serial number: | 281 - 3805 |
Dimensions (B x H): | 98 × 64 mm |
Emmission: | 76,000,000 |
Catalog Number: | World Paper Money P-25b |
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. |