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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 842905, member: 19065&quot;]Italy is one of my favorite places to vacation. I&#039;ve traveled there on several different occasions and seen several regions and cities. I also remember spending Lire before the Euro and exchanging American Express travelers cheques for Lire and feeling flush with cash due to the then huge denominational notes. </p><p><br /></p><p>I find some of the older colorful Italian notes very appealing and so I wanted to share some various Italian notes that I&#039;ve picked up over the last few months. I don&#039;t know all of the Pick #s for these notes or fully what all of the iconography represents (yet), who engraved the various vignettes and so on, but I would appreciate any information readers are willing to share. These notes are all in varying degrees of circulated condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know some CT paper collectors collect older European notes too. I&#039;d love to see your favorites and learn which web sites you prefer to look for Italian notes. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also checked out CT Moderator <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/de-orc/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/de-orc/"><b><span style="color: Green">De Orc</span></b></a>&#039;s <a href="http://www.banknotebank.com/user_view.aspx?id=De-Orc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknotebank.com/user_view.aspx?id=De-Orc" rel="nofollow">BankNoteBank</a> collection and found some really great older Italian notes there which I haven&#039;t found for my own collection yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>So anyone who has some Italian paper to share, do feel free to post your favorites. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>1944 5 Lire <i>- Helmeted Italia </i></b></span></font></p><p><font size="4"></font><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1944_5_Lire_Italia_Rev_0847_266912.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1944_5_Lire_Italia_Obv_0847_266912.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>1944 10 Lire - <i>Head of Jupiter</i></b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1944_10_Lire_Italia_Obv_0565_584859.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1944_10_Lire_Italia_Rev_0565_584859.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>1951 50 Lire <i>- Helmeted Italia </i></b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1951_50_Lire_Italia_Rev_2145_090193.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1951_50_Lire_Italia_Obv_2145_090193.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>1951 50 Lire <i>- Helmeted Italia </i></b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1951_50_Lire_Italia_Rev_0687_017768.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1951_50_Lire_Italia_Obv_0687_017768.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>1967 500 Lire Italia</b></span></font></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1967_500_Lire_Italia_Obv_S13_831733.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1967_500_Lire_Italia_Rev_S13_831733.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><span style="color: DarkRed">1979 1000 Lire Italia - <i>La Scala Opera House</i></span></font></b></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1979_1000_Lire_Italia_Obv_OD730356C.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/World%20Currency%20-%20Italy/1979_1000_Lire_Italia_Rev_OD730356C.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><font size="6"><i><span style="color: Red">Viva </span><span style="color: Green">Italia</span><span style="color: Black"> !</span><span style="color: Green"><i><span style="color: Black">!</span></i></span></i><i><span style="color: Green"><i><span style="color: Black">!</span></i></span></i></font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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