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250 Lire Banca Popolare Udinese
| Issuer | Banca Popolare Udinese |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Orange letterpress on white paper with guilloche border. Central vignette renders Udine's Piazza della Libertà with the Torre dell'Orologio and Loggia di San Giovanni; the bank's denomination box bearing 'L. 250' is at upper right. Bank title, cooperative status, and date inscriptions occupy the upper field, with serial number and account reference at left. |
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| Reverse description | Olive-green underprint on plain paper with fine vertical line guilloche field. A central oval vignette enclosed by an elaborate scalloped guilloche frame renders a view of the Banca Popolare Udinese headquarters building. Endorsement legends appear at top within a ruled panel, with the bank name in bold letterpress at the foot. |
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This note belongs to the Italian "miniassegni" phenomenon — a stopgap measure that emerged in the early 1970s when a chronic small-coin shortage forced banks, municipalities, and even private companies to issue low-denomination paper vouchers that circulated as de facto currency. The Banca Popolare Udinese, a cooperative savings institution serving the Friuli region, issued this 250 Lire piece through Smolars S.p.A. in nearby Trieste, one of the more active printers in the northeast Italian miniassegni trade.
The Banca d'Italia tolerated the practice uneasily; by the late 1970s regulatory pressure had largely killed it off, making 1977 a late issue in the series.