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 103c: 2000 Lire from 1983
24.10.1983. Brown and green on light tan and olive underprint. Galileo at center, ornate arms at left, buildings and leaning tower of Pisa at right. Signs of the Zodiac on back. Watermark: Man's head. Seal with winged lion.
Collectors Comment: rev.: birds, lions
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