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300 Lire Credito Artigiano
| Issuer | Credito Artigiano |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 300 Lire (300 ITL) |
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| Reverse description | Plain white ground with the endorsement (girate) section at the top, a facsimile authorising signature above a tall vertical guilloche vignette carrying the bank name in ornate Gothic script within an elaborately scalloped and interlaced border. A circulation restriction notice is printed at the foot in bold capitals. |
| Reverse lettering | GIRATE SOCIETÀ ITALIANA CAUZIONI ASSICURAZIONI CREDITO E CAUZIONI Credito Artigiano IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUÒ CIRCOLARE SOLTANTO IN ITALIA |
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Credito Artigiano was a Milan-based cooperative bank serving artisans and small tradespeople, and these 300 lire notes were emergency fiduciary scrip — minassegni — issued to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued Italy through much of the 1970s. With coins perpetually hoarded or melted, banks, shops, and transport companies were legally permitted to circulate their own low-denomination paper substitutes. The 300 lire denomination is one of the more unusual ones produced, sitting awkwardly between more common 100 and 500 lire issues.
Marco Spada & C. was among several small Milan printers kept busy by this peculiar monetary gap.