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300 Lire Banca Sella - Biella
| Issuer | Banca Sella, Biella |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red and black letterpress note dated BIELLA, 3 GENNAIO 1976, with the bank title BANCA SELLA in large italic script across the upper centre, followed by the subtitle Società per Azioni - Sede in Biella. The face value TRECENTO is inscribed in bold italic text at centre, with the numeral 300 repeated in the upper right corner. A black circular vignette bearing a stylised '4D' motif appears at centre right, alongside the handwritten endorsement of Giorgio Perazzone of Galleria d'Arte Perazzone, Biella. Serial number and account reference appear at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | galleria d'arte numismatica filatelia antiquariato firma antigatistica Giorgio Perazzone viale roma 11 13051 Biella tel. 015/20955 Il presente assegno può circolare solo in Italia |
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Banca Sella's emergency small-change notes from the mid-1970s belong to one of the stranger chapters in postwar Italian monetary history. A severe shortage of coins — caused by hoarding, vending machine demand, and mint output failures — pushed hundreds of Italian banks, municipalities, and businesses to issue their own fiduciary tokens and paper substitutes between roughly 1975 and 1979. These circulated locally and were accepted only within the issuing institution's commercial reach.
Banca Sella, still a privately held regional bank headquartered in Biella, issued several denominations. The 300 Lire value is among the less common ones — most issuers gravitated toward rounder figures.