10000 Lire 14.1.1964 (© Front: Bust portrait of Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo; Head of Medusa* (Caput medusae). Back: Piazza del Campidoglio, by Michelangelo, on the top of Capitoline Hill, with the façade of Palazzo Senatorio in Rome. Watermark: Head of David, sculpted by Michelangelo. Signatures: Guido Carli (Il Governatore - Governor, 1960–1975); Ripa (Il Cassiere - Cashier). Drawing: Florenzo Masino Bessi. Etching: Mario Baiardi (front); Trento Cionini (back). Issuer: Bank of Italy. Date of issue: 14 January 1964. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Print: Copperplate and dry offset. Printer: Officina della Banca d'Italia ©) (Serial # I0134/059323) (circulated) F-VF
Dimensions: 159 x 78 mm
Catalogue Number: P-97b
Grade/condition: Fine to Very Fine (VF) (circulated, used)
Texts: Banca d'Italia. Lire Diecimila pagabili a vista al portatore. La legge punisce fabbricatori e gli spacciatori di biglietti falsi. Ten Thousand Lire. Decreto Ministeriale 14 Gennaio 1964 e 12 Aprile 1962.
* In Greek mythology, Medusa was a monstrous chthonic female character; gazing upon her could turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the human hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.
Dimensions: 159 x 78 mm
Catalogue Number: P-97b
Grade/condition: Fine to Very Fine (VF) (circulated, used)
Texts: Banca d'Italia. Lire Diecimila pagabili a vista al portatore. La legge punisce fabbricatori e gli spacciatori di biglietti falsi. Ten Thousand Lire. Decreto Ministeriale 14 Gennaio 1964 e 12 Aprile 1962.
* In Greek mythology, Medusa was a monstrous chthonic female character; gazing upon her could turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the human hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.
