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500 Scudi
| Uitgever | S. Monte della Pietà di Roma |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1788 |
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| Waarde | 500 Scudi |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 500 SETTE GENNARO MILLE SETTECENTO OTTANTOTTO S. M. DI PIETA DI ROMA La presente Cedola vaglia Scudi Romani Cinquecento da giulj dieci per Scudo da pagarsi all` Esibitore. |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is entirely covered with numerous manuscript endorsements, handwritten signatures, and notations in ink, reflecting the note's circulation history as it passed between multiple parties. The denomination 500 appears in typeset panels at each of the four corners. A faint circular stamp or seal impression is visible near the upper centre. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Monte di Pietà in Rome was not a bank in any modern sense — it was a papal pawnbroking institution, established in the sixteenth century to provide credit to the poor at controlled rates and shield them from usurious moneylenders. By the late eighteenth century it had evolved into something closer to a deposit and transfer bank serving Rome's mercantile class, and these large-denomination assignation notes functioned essentially as negotiable receipts against deposited assets rather than circulating currency in the ordinary sense.
At 500 Scudi, this note represents a substantial sum — well beyond everyday commerce. Such instruments moved between merchants, ecclesiastical institutions, and papal administrators, rarely passing through more than a handful of hands before redemption.