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35 Scudi
| Issuer | S. Monte della Pietà di Roma |
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| Year | 1797 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S333 |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse printed in black letterpress with the denomination repeated multiple times across the entire surface in alternating word and numeral form. The word TRENTACINQUE and the numeral 35, each set within small decorative frames, are arranged in a dense all-over pattern filling the note. A manuscript inscription with date and a handwritten validation appear in the lower centre area. |
| Reverse lettering | TRENTACINQUE 35 TRENTACINQUE 35 TRENTACINQUE 35 TRENTACINQUE 35 TRENTACINQUE 35 |
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The Monte di Pietà in Rome was one of the oldest pawn-lending institutions in Europe, founded in 1539 under papal patronage to provide credit to the poor as an alternative to usurers. By 1797, however, the institution was operating under extraordinary duress: French Revolutionary forces had invaded the Papal States, and the papacy was hemorrhaging both territory and treasury. Notes of this period were issued partly to manage a liquidity crisis that would culminate the following year in the Treaty of Tolentino stripping Rome of significant assets.
The denomination itself — 35 Scudi — is irregular enough to suggest this was issued against a specific pledge or redemption value rather than as general-circulation currency.