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150 Lire - Cassa Rurale di Moena
| Issuer | Cassa Rurale di Moena |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Value | 150 Lires |
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| Obverse description | Light blue underprint on white paper. Left vignette shows a close-up photographic image of a carlina (thistle) flower head, captioned 'carlina', within an orange-cornered frame; denomination '150' printed above. Right half carries the issuer's name in bold letterpress and payment order text, with a circular fiscal stamp and serial number at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | 150 CASSA RURALE DI MOENA Società Cooperativa a Responsabilità Illimitata Fondata nel 1899 · Cod. 8140-6 · Tel. 0462|53 225 pagate a vista per questo assegno bancario lire it. * centocinquanta * all'ordine: ASSOCIAZIONE ALBERGATORI MOENA e Passo S. PELLEGRINO C/C 557/8 Moena, 30 gennaio 1978 AUT. IN T. DI FINANZA TRENTO N. 42994/73 del 27.9.1973 - IMPOSTA DI BOLLO ASSOLTA IN MODO VIRTUALE |
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Cassa Rurale di Moena is a small rural cooperative bank serving the Ladin-speaking community of Moena in the Trentino-Alto Adige region. In 1978, many Italian casse rurali issued low-denomination scrip ("miniassegni") to paper over a chronic shortage of small coins that had plagued Italy through the 1970s — a shortage so severe that telephone tokens, candy, and postage stamps were routinely substituted as change in everyday transactions.
These local scrip notes were technically cheques payable to the bearer, a legal workaround that sidestepped the state monopoly on currency. The Banca d'Italia eventually moved to suppress the practice, making surviving examples from smaller community issuers like Moena proportionally scarce.