{"product_id":"italy-1000-lire-p101-verdi-p114-montessori-2000-lire-p115-marconi-fvf-lira","title":"Italy 3 Pcs Set— P101 114-5 Verdi\/Opera—Montessori—Marconi—1000 2000 Lire Lira","description":"\u003cp\u003eA set of 3 classic Italian Lira banknotes — a wonderful snapshot of Italy's mid-to-late 20th century currency, featuring three of the nation's most celebrated figures in the arts, education, and science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition (all 3 notes):\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine-Very Fine (FVF) — notes are intact but moderately circulated, with some folds and moderate discoloration\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eItaly P-101 — 1,000 Lire (1969–1981)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Giuseppe Verdi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e La Scala Opera House, Milan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-101a–i; you may receive any variety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Man Who Made Italy Weep — and Cheer\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiuseppe Verdi was born in \u003cstrong\u003e1813\u003c\/strong\u003e in the tiny village of \u003cstrong\u003eLe Roncole\u003c\/strong\u003e, in the Duchy of Parma — a place so obscure it barely appeared on maps. He would go on to become the defining voice of Italian opera, composing works like \u003cem\u003eRigoletto\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAida\u003c\/em\u003e that are still performed on the world's greatest stages today. The back of this note features \u003cstrong\u003eLa Scala\u003c\/strong\u003e in Milan, the most storied opera house on earth, where Verdi's works were both premiered and immortalized. When Verdi died in \u003cstrong\u003e1901\u003c\/strong\u003e, an estimated 300,000 people lined the streets of Milan to mourn him — a spontaneous outpouring that no government could have organized. Italy didn't just admire Verdi. It loved him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eItaly P-114 — 1,000 Lire (1990–2001)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Maria Montessori\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-114a–c; you may receive any variety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Woman Who Reinvented Childhood\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Montessori was born in \u003cstrong\u003e1870\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eChiaravalle\u003c\/strong\u003e, a small town in the Marche region of Italy. She became the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome's medical school — a feat that required fighting the institution's all-male faculty at every step. But medicine was only the beginning. Working with children in Rome's poorest neighborhoods, she developed an entirely new philosophy of education: let children lead, observe rather than instruct, and trust the child's natural curiosity. The \u003cstrong\u003eMontessori method\u003c\/strong\u003e she created is now used in over 20,000 schools across 110 countries. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. Italy honored her on its currency — fittingly, on a note that circulated through the hands of millions of ordinary people, just as her ideas reached millions of ordinary children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eItaly P-115 — 2,000 Lire (1990–1992)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guglielmo Marconi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wireless telegraph apparatus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Signal That Crossed the Atlantic\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuglielmo Marconi was born in \u003cstrong\u003e1874\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003eBologna\u003c\/strong\u003e, the son of an Italian landowner and an Irish mother. As a young man experimenting in his father's attic, he achieved something the scientific establishment said was impossible: he sent a wireless radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean in \u003cstrong\u003e1901\u003c\/strong\u003e, from Cornwall, England, to Newfoundland, Canada. The establishment had insisted the curvature of the Earth would block the signal. Marconi proved them wrong. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in \u003cstrong\u003e1909\u003c\/strong\u003e — and his invention went on to save thousands of lives at sea, including during the sinking of the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e in 1912, when Marconi-equipped ships received the distress call. Italy put him on the \u003cstrong\u003e2,000 Lire\u003c\/strong\u003e note — its highest-denomination note in wide circulation at the time — a fitting tribute to the man who connected the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwn this set and hold three of Italy's greatest minds in your hands — a composer who made a nation weep, an educator who changed how children learn, and an inventor who shrank the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52523219583287,"sku":"IT3-101-114-115-FVF","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/Set3.jpg?v=1782427697","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/italy-1000-lire-p101-verdi-p114-montessori-2000-lire-p115-marconi-fvf-lira","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}