Up for auction is a lot of twenty (20) 1982 Italy 1,000 Lira (1000 Mille Lire) notes issued by the Bank of Italy (Banca d’Italia). 

The 1982 Italy 1,000 Lira note (issued from 1982 to 1988) features explorer Marco Polo on the obverse, celebrating Venetian history.  The center of the obverse features the seal of the four Maritime Republics (Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa, and Venice).  The reverse features the facade of the Doge’s Palace in Venice in a vertical format.

This designer of the note was Guglielmo Savini and the engraver was Trento Cionini.  It is predominantly greenish tan in color (although I’ve also seen it described as green, brown, orange, and purple).  

This was a widely circulated banknote.  The lira was replaced by the euro in 2002.

All of these notes are circulated, some obviously more than others.  In my opinion, seven of these notes are noticeably cleaner than the others, five are in fairly good condition, and three are very well worn.  Unfortunately for the remaining five notes, some previous owner committed the cardinal sin of currency ownership by scotch-taping portions of the bills.  Please examine the scans and decide the condition for yourself.  

I have also included a back-lit camera image of four of the better condition notes which show the [Marco Polo] watermarks of the notes.

Thanks for looking!