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300 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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| Currency | Lira |
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| Obverse description | Landscape format. At left, a photographic vignette of the village of Piera di Primiero set against an alpine backdrop. Central text block carries the cheque legend with issuing branch, date, and payee details, with the serial number below; the value in figures appears at right. An advertising slogan reading VISITATE IL TRENTINO is printed within the central inscription, and the account number is inscribed vertically along the right margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUO` CIRCOLARE SOLTANTO IN ITALIA GIRATE AZIENDA AUTONOMA DI SOGGIORNO E TURISMO S. MARTINO DI CASTROZZA - PRIMIERO E VANOI (DOLOMITI - TRENTO) IL PRESIDENTE (signature) 300 |
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Italian fiduciary notes of the 1970s emerged from a genuine coin shortage — the vending machine and telephone industries had made small-denomination coins effectively disappear from daily commerce, and the state was too slow to respond. Private savings banks, merchants, and municipalities filled the gap by issuing their own emergency scrip under a loosely applied legal tolerance that was never formally authorized and later quietly prohibited.
The Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto was one of several northern Italian savings institutions that issued these miniassegni-style notes. They circulated regionally and were accepted largely on the strength of the issuing institution's local reputation.