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2 Leghe
| Issuer | Banca Federale della Padania |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Size | 116 x 71 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBLICA DEL NORD ITALIA FEDERALE 1993 2 DUE LEGHE il cassiere: A.A. il governatore: U.B. CARLO CATTANEO 1801-1869 BANCA FEDERALE DELLA PADANIA BANCONOTA PROMOZIONALE NON AVENTE CORSO LEGALE (Translation: REPUBLIC OF THE NORTH FEDERAL ITALY 1993 2 TWO LEGHE the treasurer: A.A. the governor: U.B. CARLO CATTANEO (1801-1869) FEDERAL BANK OF PADANIA PROMOTIONAL BANKNOTE WITH NO LEGAL TENDER STATUS) |
| Reverse description | The centre of the reverse carries an intaglio vignette of the Ducal Palace of Mantua (Palazzo Ducale). A decorative painted composition forms the background underprint, with yellow-toned guilloche ornaments across the upper and right margins. The engraver's credit appears in the lower inscription band. |
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The Banca Federale della Padania was never a real bank. It was a political prop — the 1993 "Leghe" notes were produced by the Lega Nord as propaganda instruments during the movement's push for northern Italian separatism, issued in denominations denominated in an invented unit called the Lega. Carlo Ravaioli's engraving gives the notes a surprisingly professional finish, which was precisely the point: the closer these looked to legitimate currency, the more effectively they communicated that Padania could function as an independent state.
They were never legal tender and never intended to be. Distribution was essentially political pamphletering in banknote form.