10 Lire Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti

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.