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150 Lire Banca Credito Agrario Bresciano
| Issuer | Banca Credito Agrario Bresciano |
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| Year | 1976-1977 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Pink and rose assegno circolare-format note with the issuer's name 'la BANCA CREDITO AGRARIO BRESCIANO' in large blue letters across the upper panel, accompanied by corporate details and share capital information in small print. The denomination 'LIRE 150' appears in the upper right corner within a guilloche-bordered box, while a classical allegorical vignette occupies the lower left; the amount in words 'CENTOCINQUANTA' is printed in bold blue, the payee field reads 'CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI VIGNOLA', and a repeating 'LIRE 150' underprint runs along the lower border. The issue date 'BRESCIA 12.9.1977' is printed centrally above the issuer's branch designation. |
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| Reverse description | Light blue reverse with a fine guilloche border enclosing an endorsement area headed by the bold inscription 'GIRATE' at the top. A large underprint of 'BANCA CREDITO AGRARIO BRESCIANO' runs vertically across the central field, alongside the printed text 'CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI VIGNOLA' and the title 'Il Direttore Generale' above a manuscript signature. A lateral legend reads 'IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUO CIRCOLARE SOLO IN ITALIA', and the denomination 'Lire 150' appears within a guilloche panel at the foot. |
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This note is a buono di cassa — a cashier's voucher — issued by a regional agricultural credit bank in Brescia during the severe coin shortage that afflicted Italy through the mid-1970s. The shortage was bad enough that municipalities, banks, and even private businesses printed their own low-denomination paper substitutes, tolerated by the authorities as a practical stopgap. Tipografia Artigiana in Capriate d'Adda, a small printing house in the Bergamo province, produced this and several related issues for institutions across Lombardy.
The 150-lire denomination is the tell — it corresponds directly to the prevailing cost of a bus or tram ticket at the time, making these vouchers genuinely functional in daily exchange rather than purely notional.