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10 Lire Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti
| Issuer | Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 129 × 90 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BUONO DI CASSA DA DIECI LIRE CASSA VENETA DEI PRESTITI 2 GENNAIO 1918 DIECI LIRE I BUONI DI CASSA DEVONO VENIR ACCETTATI DA CHIUNQUE PER L`INTERO LORO VALORE NOMINALE (Translation: CASH VOUCHERS FOR TEN LIRE VENETIAN BANK FOR LOANS 2 JANUARY 1918 TEN LIRE CASH VOUCHERS MUST BE ACCEPTED BY ANYONE FOR THEIR FULL NOMINAL VALUE) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is enclosed within a multi-layered decorative border of intricate guilloche and scroll-work printed in dark blue. The central panel, set against a two-colour rosette underprint in blue and ochre, carries the denomination inscription at the top and the issuer's name at the bottom in bold letterpress. A legal anti-counterfeiting warning in five lines occupies the centre of the panel. The numeral 10 is repeated in each corner within framed cartouches consistent with the obverse layout. |
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The Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti was an Austro-Hungarian military finance institution established in 1918 to manage occupied Venetian territories — its notes were essentially an occupation currency, denominated in lire to ease acceptance among the local population but issued under enemy authority. The Italian government refused to recognize these notes as legal tender after the armistice, leaving holders with worthless paper almost overnight.
Printed in Vienna, the series circulated for only a matter of months before the collapse of the Habsburg front rendered the issuing authority extinct. Notes that survived did so largely outside circulation channels.