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50 Lire Banca Provinciale Lombarda
| Issuer | Banca Provinciale Lombarda |
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| Year | 1977-1978 |
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| Size | 118 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain check-style layout printed in grey and black on grey underprint, issued as a miniassegno (emergency small-value cheque) by the Banca Provinciale Lombarda. The text block at centre records the payable order to the Associazione Esercenti e Commercianti della Provincia di Bergamo, with the issuing branch, date, and denomination 'Vale 50 Lire' set in letterpress. The overall design is utilitarian, consistent with Italian notgeld emergency issue conventions of the 1970s. |
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| Reverse lettering | IL PRESENTE ASSEGNO PUÒ CIRCOLARE SOLTANTO IN ITALIA GIRATE ASSOCIAZIONE ESERCENTI E COMMERCIANTI DELLA PROVINCIA DI BERGAMO IL PRESIDENTE BANCA PROVINCIALE LOMBARDA VALE LIRE 50 (Translation: This cheque may circulate only in Italy. Endorsement. Association of Merchants and Traders of the Province of Bergamo. The President. Provincial Bank of Lombardy. Value 50 Lire.) |
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Banca Provinciale Lombarda was a mid-tier regional institution based in Bergamo, and these 50 Lire notes belong to the brief Italian emergency token-note phenomenon of the 1970s, when chronic coin shortages drove banks, municipalities, and even private businesses to issue small-denomination paper substitutes. By 1977 the state had moved to regularize and then terminate the practice, meaning many of these issues had short authorization windows — this one among them.
Calcografia e Cartevalori (operating under the Coen name) was a Milan commercial security printer responsible for a substantial portion of the Italian fiduciary token output during this period, not a national bank printer.