NEW BOOK: CATALOGUE OF ITALIAN MINIASSEGNI

Massimo Palermo:
I Miniassigni –
Come non li avete mai visti

The Miniassigni –
Like you've never seen them before

Nomisma spa, Serravalle, 2022
Hardcover, 17 x 24 cm,
522 pages, full color throughout.
ISBN: 978-88-943358-4-2

Price: 70 EUR
Contact: https://www.nomismaweb.com/en/

These coins were issued by many Italian banks in the 1970s as a substitute for small change. At that time, Italy suffered from an acute shortage of coins due to a lack of minting capacity. Anyone who has ever vacationed in Italy when the lire was still the currency knows that 1000 lire was roughly equivalent to one Deutsche Mark.

Coins were actually indispensable as change and for smaller purchases.

The coin shortage actually led to the population hoarding coins, thus exacerbating the scarcity. Instead of change in the form of coins, people were often given sweets or adhesive bandages. This prompted many Italian banks to issue small-denomination banknotes, the "miniassegni."

The author has presented an impressive catalog of these small-denomination banknotes, meticulously documenting in words and pictures an interesting chapter of Italian monetary history that has often been neglected. The catalog, written in Italian, includes, after a comprehensive introduction, not only the regular issues from numerous banks and treasuries but also forgeries, unissued notes, samples, and much more.

Current valuations were given in euros.

The catalogue was published by the company Nomisma spa in the Republic of San Marino, which also organizes collector auctions and offers coins and specialist literature.

Interested parties should order the catalogue directly via the bookshop on the website:
https://nomisma.bidinside.com/en/scat/6/numismatic-books/1/.

To read the complete article, see:
Katalog zu den italienischen "Miniassegni" (https://www.geldscheine-online.com/post/katalog-zu-den-italienischen-miniassegni)

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