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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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| Value | 150 Lire (150 ITL) |
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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. |
| Reverse lettering | GIRATE CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI VIGNOLA Il Direttore Generale BANCA CREDITO AGRARIO BRESCIANO IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUO CIRCOLARE SOLO IN ITALIA Lire 150 |
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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.