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200 Lire Banca Popolare Udinese
| Issuer | Banca Popolare Udinese |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 200 Lire (200 ITL) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in orange-red on white paper with a fine guilloche border, the obverse carries the bank's name and cooperative status at upper left above a vignette of the Piazza della Libertà in Udine with its loggia and clock tower. The denomination 'L. 200' appears in a cartouche at upper right, with the written amount 'DUECENTO' overprinted in bold red across the centre alongside the cheque text 'A vista pagate per questo Assegno Bancario'. The date 'Udine 5-5-1977', branch reference number, current account number, and a serial number are printed in black at left and lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUO CIRCOLARE SOLTANTO IN ITALIA GIRATE BANCA POPOLARE UDINESE S. MARCO DI.V.AL. S.p.A. - MESTRE |
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The Banca Popolare Udinese 200 Lire note belongs to the remarkable Italian miniassegni phenomenon — a stopgap born from the chronic small-coin shortage that plagued Italy through the 1970s. With coins hoarded, melted down, or simply unavailable, banks, retailers, and cooperatives began issuing small-denomination paper tokens to make change. The Banca d'Italia tolerated rather than endorsed the practice.
Hundreds of institutions issued their own versions, making systematic collection genuinely difficult. The Udinese example is among the regionally specific issues from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia banking sector, a part of Italy where local cooperative banking had unusually deep roots.