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200 Lire Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino
| Issuer | Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 200 Lire (200 ITL) |
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| Obverse lettering | L'ISTITUTO BANCARIO SAN PAOLO DI TORINO 1025 ISTITUTO DI CREDITO D. DIRITTO PUBBLICO PAGHERA A VISTA PER QUESTO ASSEGNO CIRCOLARE LIT. 200 LIRE DUECENTO ****** a.i.g.i.d. associazione italiana della grande distribuzione - Milano MILANO 8.11.1976 VALE 200 LIRE ISTITUTO BANCARIO SAN PAOLO DI TORINO SEDE DI PIAZZA SAN CARLO (Translation: The San Paolo Bank of Turin 1025 Credit Institute of Public Law will pay on sight for this cashier's check 200 Italian Lire Two Hundred Lire (payee) a.i.g.i.d. Italian Association of Large Distributors, Milan Milan, 8 November 1976 Value 200 Lire San Paolo Bank of Turin Headquarters in Piazza San Carlo) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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San Paolo di Torino was one of the last private Italian banking institutions still authorized to issue circulating notes in the postwar period — a legal anomaly that persisted well into the 1970s under provisions that had never been fully rationalized after the Banca d'Italia consolidated its monopoly. This 200 Lire piece belongs to a short-lived denomination: the 200 Lire banknote was introduced nationally in 1976 precisely because rampant coin shortages had made small-change transactions nearly unworkable across Italy, and issuers scrambled to fill the gap before the Republic's own coin production caught up.
The series is short in duration and relatively scarce in genuinely circulated grades — most examples found today saw limited use before the denomination was absorbed.