1000 lire
Italy · 1990
A 1000 lire note from the Banca d'Italia, authorised by decree of 3 October 1990. The front shows Maria Montessori, the physician and educator, named beside her portrait, with the bank's seal bearing the winged lion of Saint Mark on a colourful patterned background. The back shows two children absorbed in reading and writing at a table. Montessori's teaching method, developed in Rome in the early 1900s, is used in schools worldwide.
- Ref
- 947; 948; 2125; 2692; 2814
- Country
- Italy
- Issuer
- Italy
- Denomination
- 1000 lire
- Catalogue number
- Pick 114 · Fazio
- Date
- 1990 (printed on the note)
- Estimated value
- £0.52 to £1.42 · price guide: Numista
- Grade
- F, VF (estimated from photos)
- Copies in the collection
- 5