Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
450 Scudi
| Issuer | S. Monte della Pietà di Roma |
|---|---|
| Year | 1788 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted verso showing faint show-through of the obverse letterpress text in mirror image. The denomination '450' is printed in ruled panels at each of the four corners, constituting the only intentional design element on the reverse. |
| Reverse lettering | 450 |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Monte di Pietà in Rome was one of the oldest pawnbroking institutions in Europe, established in the late fifteenth century under papal authority to provide credit to the poor as an alternative to moneylenders. By the late eighteenth century it had evolved into a significant financial institution, and its fede di credito notes — of which this is an example — functioned as a genuine circulating currency within the Papal States, accepted for commercial transactions well beyond their original redemption purpose.
The 450 Scudi denomination places this squarely in high-value commercial use. Surviving examples from this institution are uncommon; many were redeemed and cancelled in the normal course of business.