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AM-lira 1000 lire note

1943　・　paper　・　20th century　・　Allied Military Government

AM-lira 1000 lire note（obverse）obverse
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In 1943, with the landings in Sicily, the Allies brought in a military lira as legal tender. Two systems of paper circulating beside the Banca d'Italia's notes became one driver of ferocious inflation. In a country with two issuers of money, prices do not stay quiet—this is the physical evidence.