One thousand lire, Marco Polo One thousand lire, Marco Polo

In 1982 the thousand lire note dedicated to Marco Polo was issued. The sketch was taken from a painting kept in the Doria Pamphili Gallery in Rome, and it was created by the artist Guglielmo Savini and engraved by Trento Cionini. On the right front of the banknote the face of the great explorer is reproduced in chiaroscuro monochrome, on a background inspired by a Venetian fabric of the 16th century. On the left, in filigree, we find Marco Polo's bust and the monogram of the Bank of Italy B.I., inside an arabesque knot. In the center, between the white background and the decorated one, we find the indication of the value vertically in numbers and horizontally in letters; the two inscriptions are interspersed with the mark bearing the lion of Venice.