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5 Centesimi Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti
| Issuer | Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue on pale green paper with an intricate guilloche underprint forming a large central oval vignette, within which a symmetrical lace-like pattern frames the anti-counterfeiting warning text in bold letterpress. The denomination numeral '5' appears in large figures at lower left and lower right corners, with a smaller '5' at the top center of the guilloche oval. |
| Reverse lettering | Saranno puniti i fabbri- catori di buoni di cassa falsi, chi li usa, e chi li rimette in circolazione. (Translation: The makers of fake cash vouchers, those who use them, and those who put them back into circulation will be punished.) |
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The Cassa Veneta dei Prestiti was a military credit institution established by Austro-Hungarian occupying authorities following their advance into Venetia after the Italian disaster at Caporetto in October 1917. These notes were issued to facilitate transactions in occupied Italian territory — a parallel currency designed to displace the lira in circulation while extracting economic value from the zone under occupation.
At this denomination, the notes circulated intensively among the civilian population and wore quickly. The occupation ended with the Armistice of November 1918, leaving large quantities unredeemed and the institution itself dissolved within weeks of Austrian collapse.