1000 Lire, Banca d'Italia, Montessori type

This copy

Accession

OM-00270

Serial

UD 627909N

Series year

1990

Actually issued

1990

governor

Antonio Fazio probable

Printed signature of the Governor of the Banca d'Italia.

cashier

not read unread

Not resolved from the scan.

Grade

F (IBNS)

Folds, ink annotation at left. Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$2 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-09-07.

Dimensions

111.8 × 62.2 mm (±0.6, from the scan)

The type

Type

1000 Lire, Banca d'Italia, Montessori type

Portrait

Maria Montessori

Printer

Not established

Rarity

very common

Inscriptions

Obverse — payable to bearer

Pagabili a vista al portatore

Payable at sight to the bearer

Symbology

Portrait of Maria Montessori

The physician and educator, on the note Italians handled most often.

Classroom on the reverse

Children at Montessori materials - the method illustrated rather than merely credited.

What was happening

Maria Montessori on the smallest circulating Italian note of the 1990s, with a classroom scene on the reverse. Italy put an educationalist on its everyday money at a time when most countries were still using politicians and generals.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 1000 Lire, Banca d'Italia, Montessori type in the collection.