A couple of days ago, we stopped to talk about the value of the old ones Lire with Mary Montessori and, the bizarre thing is that, just today, we stumbled upon the discovery of a banknote of the kind for sale in several thousand Euros. To understand what made it so special, however, it is necessary to make a small excursus on the value of the banknotes. Not everyone knows, in fact, that in addition to many coins, banknotes can also hide a great value and be coveted collector’s items. Whether it’s the ancient ones belonging to the old lire or banknotes of the Euro series, this is not important. Or rather, surely an older bill is a more attractive deal; but this does not prevent a current banknote from having the same value or even superior.
What the two currencies share on paper money, in fact, is the serial number. Thanks to it, each ticket can be identified and it is possible to trace the year of production of the same. Those today, for example, can be of great value for a particular serial number, with a combination of numbers equal, increasing, decreasing, or that it has, even a number palindrome.
The 1000 Lire Montessori
As for the old lire with Maria Montessori, which we have had for a couple of years also the 2€ commemorative coin, the question is almost analogous. The serial number, in fact, is essential for the evaluation of the banknote. First, for the reasons we just told you about; and second because, even though they exist hundreds of millions of piecesthere is a very specific series that has a greater value. This is the series of substitutesthat is, banknotes that were created to go, precisely, to replace the damaged ones. Think, in fact, that all the 1000 Lire tickets with the Montessori starting with XA, XB, XC and XDthey have a cost that starts from €200 upwards.
In support of the previous thesis, however, the one concerning the equal numbers in the combinationon Ebay you can find such a banknote that has 5 digits out of 6 equal and is on sale for €9,900. We don’t know if that specimen is actually worthy of that price, what is certain is that it really could be unique in the world. Are you curious too? want to take a sneak peek? Here is the link to the page.
