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250 Lire Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto - Succursale di Mezzolombardo
| Issuer | Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 250 Lires |
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| Obverse description | Green cloud underprint fills the background, with a vignette of the Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento at lower right. The denomination in numerals appears at upper right, a circular stamp reading 'IMPOSTA BOLLO VIRTUALE' at center left, and the serial number at lower center. |
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| Reverse description | Portrait-format panel in light orange, bordered by a guilloche frame composed of small repeated crosses. Two lines of text appear above the decorative frame, restricting circulation to Italy and providing endorsement lines. |
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During the 1970s, a chronic shortage of small-denomination coins across Italy prompted hundreds of local savings banks, municipalities, and even private businesses to issue their own fiduciary notes — miniassegni — as functional substitutes. The Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto was among the participating institutions, and this particular piece was issued specifically through its Mezzolombardo branch, a small agricultural town in the Val di Non north of Trento. The branch designation matters: miniassegni were technically valid only through the issuing branch, which sharply limited their practical circulation radius and explains why branch-specific examples survive in lower quantities than the parent institution's general issues.