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| Uitgever | Banca Sella, Biella |
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| Jaar | 1976 |
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| Waarde | 200 Lire |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is largely plain white paper with a faint watermark impression visible at centre-left. At the right side, printed in black, the circular Galleria d'Arte Perazzone logo appears at upper right alongside a repeat of the establishment's services listing — 'galleria d'arte, numismatica, filatelia, antiquariato' — with address details and the manuscript signature of Giorgio Perazzone. A vertical marginal legend at the far right edge carries a restrictive clause concerning negotiability. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | galleria d'arte numismatica filatelia antiquariato viale roma 11 13051 biella tel. 015/20955 giorgio perazzone Il presente assegno può cedere solo in Italia |
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| Opmerkingen |
Banca Sella is one of the oldest surviving private banks in Italy, founded in Biella in 1886 by the Sella family — the same northern Piedmontese dynasty that produced Quintino Sella, the finance minister who introduced the gold lira standard in 1874. This 200 Lire note is a fiduciario, a locally-issued scrip instrument that re-emerged in Italy during the early 1970s when a catastrophic shortage of small coins forced banks, municipalities, and even private businesses to print their own low-denomination paper substitutes.
The coin shortage was severe enough that the Italian government tacitly tolerated these emissions rather than prosecute issuers. Microtext as a security feature on a piece of emergency scrip is a notable detail — most comparable issues from this period carried no meaningful anti-counterfeiting measures at all.