Hand signed with green felt-tip pen by Andy Warhol on a real 2000 lire banknote. Numbered, with embossed and ink stamp © Andy Warhol. Hologram 'verification of authenticity' on the back. 13.4 x 6.5 cm. With certificate from 'The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts'. The Warhol Lira banknotes are rarer than the dollar bills. All banknotes were in circulation, as the artist wanted. Andy Warhol spent 2 years in Italy with Lucio Amelio, Andy Warhol's art dealer, where the banknotes were also produced at that time. Info banknote: obverse: the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei at center; Pisa Cathedral with the Leaning Tower at right / back: signs of the Zodiac at left; a celestial map and Galileo's telescope at the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory at right.