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1000 lire note (Montessori)

1990s　・　paper　・　20th century　・　Banca d'Italia

1000 lire note (Montessori)（obverse）obverse
scan by F l a n k e r / CC BY-SA 3.0（Wikimedia Commons）

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The reverse is not shown on this page. Only the obverse is pictured.

A 1000 lire note of the lira's last generation. The portrait is the educator Maria Montessori; on the back, children learning. A thousand lire had once been a fortune; by now it bought about a cup of coffee. Digits are the scars inflation leaves. In 2002 this paper too was withdrawn for the euro.