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| Issuer | Banco di Napoli |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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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 |
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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.