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100 Lire Banca di Trento e Bolzano - 1st type
| Issuer | Banca di Trento e Bolzano |
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| Year | 1976-1977 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse lettering | La Banca Di Trento E Bolzano Societa Per Azioni Capitale Sociale L 1 000 000 000 Sede sociale Trento Iscritta Al N 3935 Del Registro Delle Imprese Pressoil Tribunal Di Trento pagherà a vista per questo Assegno Circolare Lire Cento all ordine Atesina Soc. Automobilistica - Trento NON SUPERIORE A LIRE 100 (Translation: The Bank of Trento and Bolzano Limited Company Share Capital: 1,000,000,000 Lire - Trento Registered Office - Registered No. 3935 in the Business Register at the Tribunal of Trento will pay 100 Lire for this cashier's check on sight, by order of (payee): Atesina Automotive Society - Trento Not to exceed 100 Lire) |
| Reverse description | Brown underprint with black overprint text, the reverse carries vignette views of a castle and a church steeple, evoking the architectural heritage of the Trentino-Alto Adige region. The payee name and issuing bank are restated in black letterpress, along with the note's face value and a restriction clause limiting circulation to Italian territory. |
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The Banca di Trento e Bolzano was one of a small number of regional Italian banks authorized to issue low-denomination emergency notes — locally called miniassegni — during the chronic coin shortage that gripped Italy through the mid-1970s. With the state unable to keep small change in circulation, banks, retailers, and cooperatives effectively became substitute mints. The Banca di Trento e Bolzano's 100 Lire issues were among the more regionally specific of these, tied to a bilingual province where the politics of currency and identity were never entirely separate from the German-speaking autonomy movement.
Miniassegni occupied a legally ambiguous position — technically cheques, not banknotes — which is precisely why they could be issued at all without violating the Banca d'Italia's monopoly on currency.