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100 Lire Banca di Trento e Bolzano - 2nd type
| Issuer | Banca di Trento e Bolzano |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the reverse centres on two heraldic shield vignettes side by side beneath a shared laurel garland and mural crown: at left the Tyrolean eagle on the arms of Trento, at right the striped field with six-pointed star on the arms of Bolzano. The bank name is repeated in a letterpress banner at the top with the standard corporate legend beneath it. The denomination 'VALE 100 LIRE' is printed in large type on both the left and right margins, with a vertical inscription on the far right reading 'IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUO' CIRCOLARE SOLTANTO IN ITALIA'. The beneficiary legend appears in a vertical panel at the far left, with two manuscript endorsement signatures over it. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCA DI TRENTO E BOLZANO SOCIETÀ PER AZIONI - CAPITALE SOCIALE L. 1.000.000.000 - SEDE SOCIALE TRENTO - ISCRITTA AL N. 3935 DEL REGISTRO DELLE IMPRESE PRESSO IL TRIBUNALE DI TRENTO VALE 100 LIRE IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUO' CIRCOLARE SOLTANTO IN ITALIA Unione del Commercio e del Turismo della provincia di Bolzano Landesverband der Handels- und Fremdenverkehrsbetriebe Bozen |
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The Banca di Trento e Bolzano was one of a handful of regional Italian institutions authorized to issue fiduciary notes — technically cheques payable to bearer — during the small-change crisis of the 1970s, when coin shortages became severe enough that private and semi-public issuers stepped in to fill the gap. The Bank of Italy tolerated rather than formally sanctioned these emissions, a legally ambiguous arrangement that persisted longer than anyone expected.
The "2nd type" designation marks a modified printing from the earlier 1976 emission, distinguished primarily by altered serial number formatting. These circulated almost exclusively within Trentino-Alto Adige.