We Are the Lira - One Thousand Lire a Month - Editalia

A book in collaboration with the Bank of Italy. A previously unpublished and fascinating collection of documentary material from the Banknote Museum of the Bank of Italy. A journey through the history of our paper money, its economy, its social implications, the country's fortunes, and the memories tied to those precious paper tokens. The story offers a reading of banknotes as works of art and also explores the material aspects of banknote creation: from the choice of iconography to the production of matrices to anti-counterfeiting systems. To understand how the history of our recent past has left its mark on the lira banknotes.
Edited by Silvana Balbi de Caro. Texts by Silvana Balbi de Caro, Luca Einaudi, Gianni Fina, Mariastella Margozzi, and Marco Pizzo.
The bas-relief on the cover depicts a detail of Giuseppe Verdi's portrait on the "1968 type" Thousand Lire note. It is in silver foil. Verdi's face is embossed. The binding is silkscreened leather, with silver embossing on the spine.

Dimensions 29 x 39 cm, 314 pages printed on fine paper, over 400 black and white and color photographs. Limited edition of 4,999 numbered copies.
The book is housed in a clear plexiglass display case. It features a plaque with a personalized dedication.

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