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| 正面描述 | The obverse is framed by a typographically-printed rectangular border with cross-hatched corner columns and decorative lateral rules. Three circular vignettes appear along the upper edge: an oval stamp at upper left inscribed 'REPUBLICA ROMANA', a central medallion with a spread eagle, and a third oval at upper right with a standing female allegorical figure. The denomination 'Pᵒ DIECI' and the issuing authority 'MONTE DI PIETÀ' are set in bold letterpress type at centre. Manuscript text in Italian script records the payment obligation dated 1798, with two manuscript signatures at the lower portion. |
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| 防伪描述 | Two manuscript signatures of authorising officials at lower obverse; circular embossed or dry-stamp control marks at upper corners of both obverse and reverse as anti-counterfeiting authenticators |
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The Roman Republic of 1798 was a French-backed revolutionary state that displaced Pius VI and lasted barely seventeen months. The Monte di Pietà — originally a charitable pawn institution founded in the fifteenth century — was pressed into service as an emergency issuing authority when the new regime needed a functioning monetary infrastructure almost immediately. These notes were issued under acute fiscal stress, not as part of any planned currency system.
Manuscript signatures and control stamps were the only anti-counterfeiting measures available at speed. The republic collapsed in September 1799 when Neapolitan forces entered Rome, rendering the entire emission worthless overnight.