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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 lettering | LA BANCA PROVINCIALE LOMBARDA PAGHERÀ A VISTA PER QUESTO ASSEGNO CIRCOLARE BERGAMO, 6 APR. 1978 A ASSOCIAZIONE ESERCENTI E COMMERCIANTI DELLA PROVINCIA DI BERGAMO BANCA PROVINCIALE LOMBARDA SEDE DI BERGAMO VALE 50 LIRE (Translation: The Provincial Bank of Lombardy will pay on sight for this cashier's cheque. Bergamo, 6 April 1978. To: Association of Merchants and Traders of the Province of Bergamo. Provincial Bank of Lombardy, Bergamo Branch. Value 50 Lire.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in grey on grey guilloche underprint, the reverse carries the endorsement (girata) block in bold letterpress at left, identifying the Associazione Esercenti e Commercianti della Provincia di Bergamo as endorser, with the countersignature of the President below. The watermark-style 'PROVINCIALE LOMBARDA' diagonal overprint appears across the centre field, and a decorative guilloche cartouche at right bears the large numeral '50' with 'VALE LIRE' flanking it. A ruled panel at far left carries the restriction legend in vertical orientation. |
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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.