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50 Lire Banco Di Napoli

Issuer Banco di Napoli
Year 1914
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Shape Rectangular
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Reverse lettering BANCO DI NAPOLI LIRE 50 CINQUANTA DECRETO MINISTERIALE DEL 30 LUGLIO 1896 LA LEGGE PUNISCE I FABBRICATORI E GLI SPACCIATORI DI BIGLIETTI FALSI
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Protection description Red circular ministerial seal overprinted on the obverse centre; anti-counterfeiting legal warning text printed on the reverse
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Banco di Napoli held a note-issuing privilege dating back to 1816 and was one of the last regional Italian banks still operating its own circulation when this note was printed. The 1926 banking reforms that consolidated issue rights exclusively with the Banca d'Italia effectively ended Banco di Napoli's role as an issuing institution, meaning this 1914 series belongs to the final decade of that centuries-old prerogative.

Richter & Co. were Naples-based printers with a long relationship with the bank, which kept production local — unusual for higher-denomination Italian fiduciary notes of the period, which more often went abroad to firms like De La Rue.

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