A GIANT ITALIAN

This is a huge note from Italy - 19cm x 12 cm ( 7 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in in old money) and was issued right in the middle of world war II  . It is the 100 lire from 1942/1943. The pictures are there to represent different things. the front has knowledge (woman) and Justice (man) and the reverse has a woman representing science

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TWO ITALIAN GENTLEMEN

These are two Italian notes from the 1970's. The first is the 1976, 10000 lire note with Machiavelli on the front.

The second note is the 2000 lire from 1973. It has Galileo on the front and the zodiac and the Galileo telescope on the reverse. If you look closely it also has the leaning tower of pisa on the front.

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ITALIAN EAST AFRICA

Italian East Africa was an Italian colony established in 1936. It was formed through the merger of Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea with the former Ethiopian Empire.

In August 1940, during the Second World War, British Somaliland was conquered and annexed to Italian East Africa, which in 1941 was itself conquered during the East African Campaign by a British-led force of combined British, including colonial, and Ethiopian units. British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland and Eritrea then came under British administration. In 1949 Italian Somaliland was reconstituted as the Trust Territory of Somalia, which was administered by Italy from 1950 until its independence in 1960. In 1951 Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia.

This banknote is a 50 Lire note from 1939. These notes attract a  fairly high price , however, this one was laminated for some unexplainable reason but therefore  was much more affordable.




The flag of Italian East Africa

TRIPOLITANIA

Tripolitania was one of three provinces of Libya. It was situated in the North west of the country and was an Italian colony from 1927 up until Italy gave up any claim in 1947. The British administered the area from 1942 until libya became independent in 1951. In 1963 Libya reorganised the country into smaller Govenorates which split the area into 5 governorates.

This Note , the 10 Lire note, is from the allied occupation during WWII. It is undated but is from 1943. In this issue the 2 lire note is the rarest so look out for it !!!!!

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