Catalog
5 Centesimi Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale di Firenze
| Issuer | Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale di Firenze |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale DI FIRENZE PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA Buono per Cent. Cinque valevole solo per i PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA nell'interno del Reparto retroindicato. Istituto geogr. milit., 1917. (Translation: Command of the Territorial Army Corps of Florence, Prisoners of war. Voucher for five centesimi, valid only for prisoners of war within the unit indicated on reverse. Military Geographical Institute, 1917) |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with black letterpress text. A blank dotted line is provided for the unit name, a dashed rectangular box at lower left is designated for the official stamp, and a signature line at right is reserved for the commanding officer. |
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One of dozens of locally issued emergency fractional notes that proliferated across Italian cities during the First World War, when the hoarding of coins — particularly copper and nickel — created a severe small-change crisis. Military territorial commands were among the bodies authorized to fill the gap, issuing low-denomination cartamoneta fiduciaria redeemable only within their jurisdiction.
The Istituto Geografico Militare, Florence's military cartographic institute, was the natural choice of printer — it had the secure presses, the controlled access, and the paper stocks. Its involvement says more about wartime improvisation than about any formal monetary infrastructure.
These circulated hard and wore out fast; intact survivors are not common.