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42 Scudi

Emittent Sacro Monte della Pietà di Roma
Jahr 1788
Typ Standard circulation banknote
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Vorderseitenlegende 42 SETTE GENNARO MILLE SETTECENTO OTTANTOTTO S. MONTE DELLA PIETA' DI ROMA La presente Cedola vale Scudi Romani Quarantadue da giulj Dieci per Scudo da pagarsi all' Esibitore Registro 4.88 Num. Quaranta Vaglia per tutto lo STATO ECCLESIASTICO SACRO MONTE DELLA PIETA DI ROMA
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Rückseitenlegende 42
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Anmerkungen

The Sacro Monte della Pietà di Roma was among the oldest functioning credit institutions in Europe by the late eighteenth century, chartered in 1539 specifically to provide low-interest loans to the poor as a counter to usury — a mission that gave it unusual protection from papal interference and extraordinary longevity. Its fedi di credito, of which this 42 Scudi example is one, functioned essentially as assignable bearer instruments: written promises backed by deposited pledges, circulating among merchants and creditors who trusted the institution's centuries of solvency over the volatility of coin.

The 42 Scudi denomination is irregular by any modern banking logic, almost certainly reflecting the face value of a specific pledged deposit rather than a standardized issue. Handwritten completion of amounts and dates was routine for this series.