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150 Lire - Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto
| Issuer | Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI TRENTO E ROVERETO FILIALE S. MARTINO DI CASTROZZA S. Martino di Castrozza, 25 agosto 1977 a vista pagate per questo assegno bancario Lire it. centocinquanta all`ordine della AZIENDA AUTONOMA DI SOGGIORNO E TURISMO S. MARTINO DI CASTROZZA - PRIMIERO E VANOI (DOLOMITI - TRENTO) (dans un cercle :) IMPOSTA BOLLO VIRTUALE AUTORIZZ. INT. FIN. TRENTO N° 43752/73 del 27-9-1973 * N° 269561* (signature) S. MARTINO DI CASTROZZA VISITATE IL TRENTINO (verticalement à droite : ) C/C N. 17700 |
| Reverse description | Portrait format. A seven-line bilingual legend occupies the upper portion, setting out the conditions of circulation and endorsement instructions. Below, a rectangular frame composed of thin light blue ruled lines encloses the authorising signature of the President of the Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno e Turismo and the denomination numeral 150. |
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Italian savings banks were authorized to issue low-denomination fiduciary notes in the 1970s to alleviate a chronic shortage of small coinage — a crisis caused in part by the public hoarding of coins whose metal value had begun to approach their face value. The Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto was one of several regional institutions that took up this authorization, producing notes accepted locally but with no legal tender status outside their issuing territory.
The 150 lire denomination is among the more unusual in the series — most issuers kept to round figures, and the 150 value reflects the specific change-making needs of local commerce rather than any standard banking convention.