Brown and green engraving gathers into a dense Venetian field, where portrait and architecture carry the weight of the late lira.

Design & Symbolism

Obverse

The obverse is anchored by the portrait of Marco Polo, with the seal of the Maritime Republics, ornate map-like engraving, and griffin and dragon underprint surrounding the denomination. The composition places the Venetian explorer within a compact civic and navigational setting, tying portraiture to Italy’s maritime memory and the structured security design of the early 1980s.

Reverse

The reverse turns vertically toward the facade of the Doge’s Palace in Piazza San Marco, Venice, with the denomination and legal text arranged along the architectural field. The palace facade gives the note a strong spatial contrast to the portrait side, shifting the design from individual exploration to the civic stone of Venice.

Collector’s Insight

For collectors, the 1982 1000 lire issue belongs to Italy’s machine-readable lire notes of the early 1980s, a technical transition within late Republican circulation. The Ciampi and Stevani signature pairing links Marco Polo’s portrait, the Maritime Republics seal, and Doge’s Palace imagery to a clearly defined late-lira production state.

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