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[[Image:Papal States 1786 93 scudi obv Tom F.JPG|600px|thumb|from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]] | [[Image:Papal States 1786 93 scudi obv Tom F.JPG|600px|thumb|from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]] | ||
[[Image:Papal States 1786 93 scudi rev Tom F.JPG|600px|thumb]] | [[Image:Papal States 1786 93 scudi rev Tom F.JPG|600px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Papal States 1786 88 scudi obv DSLR.jpg|600px|thumb|from the Stonecat Collection]] | ||
| + | [[Papal States 1786 88 scudi obv DSLR.jpg|600px|thumb]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen is a note for 93 scudi issued in 1786 by the Bank of the Holy Spirit in Rome. Sponsored by the popes and originally part of the municipal ''Monte di Pieta'', its activities expanded so that by the 1780's the economy of the [[Vatican|Papal States]] was operating on these paper notes. The French invasion of 1795 led to the looting of the ''Monte di Pieta'' and the bank and its notes collapsed. | |
* return to [[World Banknotes]] | * return to [[World Banknotes]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]] | [[Category:Selections from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection]] | ||
Revision as of 19:00, 21 April 2022
600px|thumb|from the Stonecat Collection 600px|thumb
The first specimen is a note for 93 scudi issued in 1786 by the Bank of the Holy Spirit in Rome. Sponsored by the popes and originally part of the municipal Monte di Pieta, its activities expanded so that by the 1780's the economy of the Papal States was operating on these paper notes. The French invasion of 1795 led to the looting of the Monte di Pieta and the bank and its notes collapsed.
- return to World Banknotes