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100 Lire Banco di Napoli
| Issuer | Banco di Napoli |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Size | 129 × 76 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in olive-brown tones on a cream ground, enclosed within an ornate guilloche border. At the top, the issuer's title IL BANCO DI NAPOLI appears in bold letterpress within a cartouche, below which a line of small text states the institution's legal and financial standing. A central vignette carries a faint underprint image of Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino) in Naples, with the handwritten-style inscription 'a presentazione di questo vaglia cambiario pagherà L. 100' and the denomination CENTO in large bold type. The payee field reads 'ASCOM - SALERNO', the date is given as 2-2-1976, and to the right the heraldic arms of Salerno appear alongside the branch authorization 'BANCO DI NAPOLI - FILIALE DI SALERNO' with a manuscript signature; at the foot, a green panel reads 'VALE 100 LIRE' flanked by denomination indicators. |
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| Reverse lettering | VALE LIRE CENTO GIRATE ASS. COMMERCIANTI SALERNO |
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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.