Catalog
100 Lire Banco di Napoli
| Issuer | Banco di Napoli |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Reference(s) | P#1289A |
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| Obverse lettering | IL BANCO DI NAPOLI ISTITUTO DI CREDITO DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO a presentazione di questo vaglia cambiario pagherà L. 100 Lire CENTO ASCOM - SALERNO BANCO DI NAPOLI FILIALE DI SALERNO CENTINAIA VALE 100 LIRE N° VAGLIA BANCA FILIALE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in pale ochre tones on an uncoated cream ground, enclosed within a multi-rule and ornamental border. The central field is dominated by a large circular guilloche rosette surrounding a heraldic shield — the arms of the city of Salerno — set within layered lathe-work roundels. The denomination inscription VALE LIRE CENTO is repeated in the top and bottom panels as well as in vertical bands on either side, while a left-hand stub panel bears the endorsement area inscribed 'GIRATE — ASS. COMMERCIANTI SALERNO' with a manuscript countersignature. |
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Banco di Napoli retained the right to issue its own banknotes well into the twentieth century — one of the last regional Italian banks to do so — but by 1976 that privilege was purely theoretical. The Banca d'Italia had long held effective monopoly over Italian currency in practice, and notes like this one circulated alongside, and were fully interchangeable with, state-issued lire. The regional identity was legal fiction backed by real paper.
The P#1289A designation suggests a variety distinction within the broader series, likely tied to signature combinations or minor printing differences — worth checking against Crapanzano's specialized Italian catalog for confirmation.