Alessandro Volta (10000 lire)

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The Alessandro Volta 10,000 lire was a high-denomination Italian banknote honoring the pioneering physicist and inventor of the electric battery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian lira banknote
banknote
category high-denomination banknote
commemorates Alessandro Volta
countryOfOrigin Italy
currency Italian lira
denomination 10000 lire
depictsTheme electricity
scientific achievement
faceValue 10000
faceValueCurrency ITL
fieldOfNotablePerson electrochemistry
physics
honouredPersonNotableInvention Voltaic pile
honouredPersonOccupation inventor
physicist
honours Alessandro Volta
issuingAuthority Banca d’Italia
languageOnNote Italian
legalTenderIn Italy
medium paper
namedAfter Alessandro Volta
obverseFigure Alessandro Volta
reasonForHonour invention of the electric battery
pioneering work in electricity
status demonetized
no longer in circulation
type fiat money
usedBeforeCurrency euro in Italy
writingSystemOnNote Latin alphabet

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