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| Issuer | Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Buono di Cassa a corso legale da DIECI CENTESIMI Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti 2 Gennaio 1918 (Translation: Legal tender cash voucher for TEN CENTESIMI Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti 2 January 1918) |
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| Protection description | Not present. |
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The Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti was an Austrian military finance institution established in 1918 to manage currency circulation in the occupied Veneto region. These small-denomination notes were essentially an occupation scrip, circulating in territory Austria had held since Caporetto in late 1917 — the catastrophic Italian defeat that pushed the front to the Piave. The institution existed for less than a year before the armistice of Villa Giusti in November 1918 collapsed the Austrian position entirely.
The very short window of issue, combined with the chaos of the Austrian withdrawal, means surviving examples saw little or no meaningful circulation.