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10 Lire - Comune di Udine - Buono di Cassa
| Issuer | Comune di Udine (Municipality of Udine) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress note in blue on cream paper, framed by elaborate scrollwork with circular cartouches bearing the numeral 10 at each corner and a large stylised italic denomination as a vertical side legend in the left margin. The central text panel, enclosed within an ornate cartouche, carries the issuing authority and denomination in graduated typefaces, followed by the redemption clause, two facsimile signatures under the titles PRESIDENTE and M. DELEGATO, and the issue date UDINE LI 12. MARZO 1918 at the foot. A circular official stamp impression appears above the series and serial number in the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE A N° 1049 COMUNE DI UDINE BUONO DI CASSA DI DIECI LIRE PER ACQUISTO DI GENERI ALIMENTARI NEGLI SPACCI COMUNALI. SE NON CONSUMATO PER QUALSIASI MOTIVO SARA CONVERTITO A VISTA DAL COMUNE DI UDINE IN VALUTA LEGALE DI STATO ENTRO UN ANNO DALLA PROCLAMAZIONE DELLA PACE. IL COMITATO CITTADINO PROV° PRESIDENTE M. DELEGATO UDINE LI 12. MARZO 1918 (Translation: SERIES A No. 1049 / MUNICIPALITY OF UDINE / CASH VOUCHER / OF TEN LIRE / FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOODSTUFFS IN THE MUNICIPAL OUTLETS. / IF NOT CONSUMED FOR ANY REASON IT WILL BE CONVERTED ON SIGHT BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF UDINE INTO LEGAL STATE CURRENCY WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE PROCLAMATION OF PEACE. / THE PROVISIONAL CITIZENS' COMMITTEE / PRESIDENT / DELEGATED MEMBER / UDINE, 12 MARCH 1918) |
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Udine fell under Austro-Hungarian occupation in October 1917 following the Italian collapse at Caporetto, but was liberated by November 1918. This emergency buono di cassa was issued during the chaotic interregnum of that final war year, when the Italian state's normal monetary infrastructure had broken down across much of the Friuli region and municipalities were forced to issue their own scrip to keep local commerce moving.
Printed locally by M. Pecori & C., the note never needed to travel far — its entire purpose was hyper-local substitution. Municipal buoni of this type were typically demonetized quickly once central authority was restored, which accounts for their relative scarcity today.