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30 Lire Credito Agricolo Industriale Sardo
| Issuer | Credito Agricolo Industriale Sardo |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CREDITO AGRICOLO INDUSTRIALE SARDO Buono agrario pagabile a vista TRENTA LIRE Cagliari, 19 Marzo 1874 N° 0009 SERIE G/H |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown with a symmetrical guilloche framework. Two identical blocks of legal text flank a central circular numeral '30', each citing 'Legge 21 Giugno 1869, Art. 12' regarding penal provisions applicable to agricultural credit securities. Oval vignettes at left and right contain allegorical female head portraits, while smaller numeral '30' medallions appear at the corners. A circular official cancellation stamp is visible at lower right. |
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The Credito Agricolo Industriale Sardo was one of several regional credit institutions established in the post-unification period to channel capital into the agricultural and industrial development of Sardinia — an island the new Italian state largely treated as a fiscal problem rather than an investment opportunity. The 30-lire denomination is unusual; most Italian minor issuers worked in rounder values, and the figure suggests this note was calibrated to a specific local credit or payroll function rather than general retail circulation.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement places the printing firmly in London, a common arrangement for Italian regional and semi-public institutions that lacked access to quality intaglio facilities domestically in the early 1870s.