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50 Lire Banco Di Napoli
| Issuer | Banco di Napoli |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Reverse description | Dark blue intaglio impression on a pale ground, with the same symmetrical cross-form guilloche framework of leaf panels as the obverse, flanking a central arched guilloche underprint. The denomination 'LIRE 50 CINQUANTA' is set in large bold type within the central arch, above a red circular overprint stamp reading 'DECRETO MINISTERIALE DEL 30 LUGLIO 1896'. To the lower right, a large intaglio vignette presents the helmeted head of Minerva in classical style, surmounted by a group of allegorical figures. Anti-counterfeiting text appears at the lower centre in two columns. |
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| Protection type | Overprint seal |
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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.