Allied Military Currency, 5 Lire, 1943 Manufacturer: Allied Military
Printer: Forbes Lithographic Manufacturing Company (American)

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1943

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Paper

Dimensions

66 mm × 77 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.31005

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: skinny green decorative border with corner pieces, ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY across top border; "5" in each corner; ISSUED IN ITALY at top. In middle, 5 LIRE; SERIES 1943 in small print over bottom r. 5 and under upper l. 5

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Blue lattice pattern in rectangle; In each corner, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OR RELIGION, FREEDOM FROM WANT, FREEDOM FROM FEAR Rectangular vignette in center reading ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

Italian lira, money, paper money

Marks

89 written in blue ink on front

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