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Miniassegni were a special kind of money called notgeld that circulated in Italy in the late seventies in place some change in that period were scarce and that until then had been replaced by candy, stamps, coin-operated telephone , and in some cities also public transport tickets . The first miniassegni made their appearance in December 1975 (10 December 1975 as part of the ' Istituto Bancario San Paolo and had the value of 100 Italian lira) and were subsequently issued by many banks; had the nominal value of 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 350 lira. They were so called because they were cashier's checks but smaller than normal. To overcome the prohibition to issue currency (exclusive prerogative of the Italian central bank), banks emitted real bank drafts made payable to cut small entities and companies already equipped their turn; in practice, as well bearer securities, were exchanged from hand to hand as if they were real currency. They circulated 835 different types issued by 33 banks, for an amount estimated at over 200 billion lire, and probably was a deal for the banks, since many of these pieces of paper were destroyed, partly because of the poor quality of the paper, or they ended up in the hands of collectors or even forgotten in a drawer. The miniassegni disappeared at the end of 1978 when the Government Printing Office and Mint was finally able to overcome the lack of change brought about by the very high inflation of that time. Some department store's miniassegni emitted in the form of "Buono Merce" (Good for goods) and even circulated counterfeit miniassegni. They were issued even figurative series, called Tourist series, so named because there were printed images or photographs. The figurative series were issued in limited quantities and selling prices very high, making the collection of miniassegni only a few collectors. What ended miniassegni was the lack of 50 and 100 lira coins, they were going to end up as vignettes in Swiss watches, each coin was rewarded more than double its value, earning both manufacturers of watches that Gildo Fantardi composed the song "il Miniassegni".〔http://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=5160&lang=it〕 ==Issuers== Banks who issued miniassegni 1975 and 1978: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miniassegno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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