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250 Lire Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto
| Issuer | Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Orange and cream note with a bold guilloche border framing the upper legend band. The left half carries the handwritten-style text of the bearer cheque order in italic script, with the denomination numeral 250 at upper left and upper centre, and a circular virtual stamp impression at centre. A sunflower rosette vignette appears at lower left, beside the account number. To the right, a framed colour vignette reproduces a detail from a painted furniture panel (captioned 'MOBILI DIPINTI (part.)') showing three figures in 18th-century regional costume set against a landscape background. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream reverse with minimal design. The large numeral 250 is printed in bold black at centre right. At the left margin, a vertical legend in small black type states the circulation restriction. A rectangular endorsement space headed 'GIRATE' is ruled at left of centre for endorsement entries. |
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Italian savings banks were permitted to issue low-denomination emergency notes — technically called "miniassegni" — during the severe coin shortage of the 1970s, when vending machines, buses, and retailers were routinely substituting candy, stamps, and telephone tokens for small change. The Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto was among dozens of regional institutions that printed their own, each valid only within a limited geographic and commercial territory.
The 250 Lire denomination places this note in a slightly higher bracket than the more common 50 and 100 Lire issues. Printed locally by Tipografia Stampa Rapida rather than a specialist security printer, the note lacks the anti-counterfeiting sophistication of official currency — a practical concession given its modest face value and regional scope.