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1 Lira Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale di Firenze
| Issuer | Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale di Firenze |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 1 Lira (1 ITL) |
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| Obverse lettering | Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale DI FIRENZE PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA Buono per Lire UNA valevole solo per i PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA nell'interno del Reparto retroindicato. Istituto geogr. milit., 1917. (Translation: Command of the Territorial Army Corps of Florence, Prisoners of war. Voucher for one lira, valid only for prisoners of war within the unit indicated on reverse. Military Geographical Institute, 1917) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPARTO DEI PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA di ____ Il Comandante del Reparto Bollo d' Ufficio (Translation: Prisoner of War Department of ___ Official stamp. The Commanding Officer of the department.) |
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Emergency fiduciary notes issued by Italian regional military commands during World War One occupy a peculiar corner of Italian notaphily. The Territorial Army Corps commands were authorized to produce low-denomination circulating notes to address the acute coin shortage that gripped Italy from 1915 onward — small change had effectively vanished from daily commerce as silver and copper were hoarded or requisitioned. Florence's command was one of several that turned to the Istituto Geografico Militare, the military's own cartographic and printing establishment, which happened to be headquartered in the city.
These notes circulated locally and were never legal tender outside the issuing district. Redemption records are poor.