Catalogus
| Uitgever | Banca Toscana di Anticipazioni e Sconto |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1870 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Lira |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | LIRE DUE LIRE DUE LIRE DUE 2 LIRE 2 I BONI SI RICEVONO IN PAGAMENTO PER QUALSIASI SOMMA E TITOLO E SI CAMBIANO IN VALUTA LEGALE QUANDO SIANO PRESENTATI PEL VALORE DI LIRE 50, 100, 250, 500 E 1000 LIT. G. THUMB, BOLOGNA |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Dry stamp |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banca Toscana di Anticipazioni e Sconto was one of several regional Italian credit institutions operating in the fractious years immediately following unification, when the newly consolidated state had not yet imposed a single monetary framework on its constituent territories. Small-denomination notes like this 2 Lire filled a genuine gap — coin shortages were endemic throughout the 1860s and early 1870s, and minor banks stepped in where the larger issuing banks saw no profit.
Litografia Thumb in Bologna was a commercial lithographic house, not a specialist banknote security printer. The dry stamp was the primary fraud deterrent — embossed directly into the paper without ink, it required physical contact with an official die and could not be reproduced photographically.