Thursday, June 2, 2011

Italy 1,000 Lire (1990)

Obverse: Portrait of Maria Montessori in her later years

Reverse: A boy and girl doing schoolwork, taken from the painting "Bambini allo Studio" by Armando Spadini (1883-1925)

The fixed-point watermark consists of a chiaroscuro reproduction of the portrait of Montessori and immediately below it, in ligne claire, the "BI" monogram between ornamental motifs.