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105 Lire - State Polygraphic Institute
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset ticket printed in letterpress, bearing the title and denomination in bold Latin script at centre. Inscriptions of the issuing ministry and directorate are arranged in horizontal registers above, with usage conditions printed in smaller text below. A date stamp has been applied to the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBLICA ITALIANA MINISTERO PER I BENI CULTURALI E AMBIENTALI DIREZIONE GENERALE DELLE ANTICHITA E BELLE ARTI BIGLIETTO D'INGRESSO LIRE 75 (TARIFFA RIDOTTA DEL 50%) ISTITUTO POLIGRAFICO DELLO STATO•OFFICINA CARTE•VALORI IL VISITATORE E TENUTO A CONSERVARE IL BIGLIETTO FINO ALL'USCITA. IL BIGLIETTO E VALIDO PER UNA PERSONA PER IL GIORNO IN CUI E STATO ACQUISTATO. PRESSO IL BIGLIETTAIO E OSTENSIBILE IL REGISTRO PER I RECLAMI. |
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Italy's chronic small-change shortage of the 1970s pushed an unlikely range of institutions into issuing token substitutes, and the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato — the state printing house — was among them. These 105-lire pieces were fiduciary tokens issued for internal wage or canteen purposes, circulating only within the institute itself rather than in general commerce. The printer, in effect, printed money for its own employees.
The denomination of 105 lire is the detail worth pausing on: it reflects actual transactional arithmetic of the period, not a round figure, which points firmly toward a specific payroll or subsidy application.