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50 Lire Banco di Sicilia
| Issuer | Banco di Sicilia |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | MILANO, 10 Ottobre 1944 IL BANCO DI SICILIA A presentazione di questo vaglia cambiario pagherà Sire CINQUANTA a BANCO DI SICILIA - SEDE DI MILANO IL DIRETTORE IL CASSIERE No 1130811 L. 50 (Translation: Milan, 10 October 1944 / The Banco Di Sicilia / Will pay upon presentation of this promissory note / Fifty Lire / at Banco Di Sicilia - Milan Branch / The Director The Cashier) |
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| Reverse lettering | GIRATE BANCO DI SICILIA - SEDE DI MILANO IL DIRETTORE IL CASSIERE VALE CINQUANTA LIRE (Translation: Endorsements / Banco Di Sicilia - Milan Branch / The Director The Cashier / Value Fifty Lire) |
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The Banco di Sicilia was one of three southern Italian institutions — alongside the Banco di Napoli and the Banco di Sardegna — that retained note-issuing authority after the Allied landings in 1943. This 50 Lire note dates from the period of dual monetary occupation, when both Allied Military Currency and legacy Italian bank notes circulated simultaneously across liberated territory. The Bank of Italy had not yet absorbed the regional issuing banks; that consolidation came in 1946.
Wartime paper stock for this series is notoriously inconsistent, and surviving examples frequently show foxing or brittleness tied directly to the low-quality cellulose used under supply constraints.