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1000 Scudi
| Uitgever | Sacro Monte della Pietà di Roma |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1797 |
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| Valuta | Scudo (1534-1835) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Entirely typeset in black letterpress on plain paper, with a decorative border enclosing the text. The institution name S. MONTE DELLA PIETÀ DI ROMA appears in large display type at centre, above the cedola text stating the value of Scudi Romani Mille at ten giulj per scudo payable to the bearer. Manuscript annotations, handwritten signatures, registry numbers, and an oval cancellation stamp are present, typical of circulated Papal States obligations of this period. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | 1000 MILLE (Translation: One thousand.) |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Sacro Monte della Pietà di Roma was one of the oldest pawn-credit institutions in Europe, chartered in 1539 to provide low-interest loans to the poor as a counter to usury. By the late eighteenth century it had evolved into a significant quasi-banking operation underpinning Papal State finances, and notes of this denomination were instruments of high-value institutional settlement, not retail commerce.
1797 is a loaded year for this issuer. French forces under Bonaparte were advancing through northern Italy, and the Treaty of Tolentino in February stripped the Holy See of territory and extracted enormous financial indemnities. Notes of this period circulated under severe fiscal stress, and confidence in Papal paper collapsed within months as the Roman Republic was proclaimed in February 1798.
The 1000 Scudi face value placed this firmly in mercantile and governmental hands — the Scudo Romano of this period was already under pressure from coin hoarding and bullion flight.