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150 Lire Banca di Trento e Bolzano
| Issuer | Banca di Trento e Bolzano |
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| Year | 1976-1977 |
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| Size | 115 × 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | Light blue miniassegno on paper with a fine repetitive guilloche underprint bearing the text 'BANCA DI TRENTO E BOLZANO' across the entire field. The issuer's name appears in a bold banner across the upper centre, below which the promissory text reads 'pagherà a vista per questo Assegno Circolare' in italic script, with the payee designation 'all'ordine Supermercati Poli trento' in the lower centre. A decorative cartouche at the lower left carries the value inscription 'VALE FINO A LIRE 150', the denomination '150' appears in a boxed panel at the upper right, a central circular watermark vignette of the bank name is visible, and two manuscript signatures appear at the lower right above a small ornamental value tablet reading 'NON SUPERIORE A LIRE 150'. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCA DI TRENTO E BOLZANO SOCIETÀ PER AZIONI - CAPITALE SOCIALE L. 1.000.000.000 - SEDE SOCIALE TRENTO - ISCRITTA AL N. 3935 DEL REGISTRO DELLE IMPRESE PRESSO IL TRIBUNALE DI TRENTO VALE 150 LIRE VALE 150 LIRE supermercati Poli trento IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUÒ CIRCOLARE SOLTANTO IN ITALIA |
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The Banca di Trento e Bolzano was one of the few regional Italian banks still authorized to issue low-denomination fiduciary notes in the 1970s, a practice that had effectively died out elsewhere in the country. These 150 lire notes filled a gap created by a severe coin shortage that plagued Italy through much of that decade — small-denomination metal coinage was being hoarded, melted, or simply absorbed by vending infrastructure faster than the mint could replace it. Candy, telephone tokens, and postage stamps were all pressed into service as informal substitutes before proper alternatives emerged.
The 150 lire face value is the tell: an odd denomination by any standard, it reflects the specific pricing pressures of that inflationary moment rather than any conventional monetary series logic.