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900 Scudi

Uitgever Sacro Monte della Pietà di Roma
Jaar 1788
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Beschrijving voorzijde Typeset cedola printed entirely in black letterpress on plain paper, framed by a decorative typographic border. The central text block states the issuing authority 'S. MONTE DELLA PIETA DI ROMA' in large display type, with the denomination 'Novecento' set within a central cartouche flanked by ornamental guilloche-style typographic fillers. The denomination '900' appears in a ruled panel at the top, with manuscript annotations including date, registration number, and official signatures added in ink.
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Opschrift keerzijde 900
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The Sacro Monte della Pietà di Roma was one of the oldest pawnbroking institutions in Europe, established by papal charter in 1539 specifically to offer credit to the poor at low interest — a deliberate counter to usury. By the late eighteenth century it had evolved into something closer to a state bank, issuing fedi di credito that functioned as transferable bearer instruments well before most European powers had codified such instruments in law.

The 900 Scudi denomination is among the highest the institution issued, almost certainly not a retail circulation note — values at this level moved between merchants, ecclesiastical bodies, and the papal treasury itself. Few survive in any condition, and genuinely unaltered examples without subsequent endorsement inscriptions on the verso are rare.