bancali

07:50 Jun 8, 2016
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / historical economics
Italian term or phrase: bancali
Si tratta di un testo riguardante la storia economica di Napoli nell'Ottocento.

Il titolo del capitolo è "Il cambio delle bancali e la questioni delle filiali del Banco nelle province".

Si parla di bancali anche qui:

"A partire dal 1815, con l'intento di riaccreditare e di estendere la circolazione delle bancali - che alla Restaurazione, per le precarie condizioni in cui versava allora il Banco, erano rifiutate dal pubblico -, il governo, assegnando in pratica al Banco il servizio di cassa per conto dello Stato, aveva preso a servirsi delle bancali per i pagamenti del Tesoro..."
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4 +1banknote
Cedric Randolph
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banknote


Explanation:
see references below.

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Note added at 12 mins (2016-06-08 08:03:22 GMT)
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in the Italian reference search for 'bancali'. Also I did a search for 'bancali antico banconota' which brought this page up. There might be a lot more corroboration or contrasting evidence if you search some more.


    Reference: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=47504...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknote
Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  James (Jim) Davis: Definitely an abbreviation of carte bancali, at a time when the promise on them to pay the bearer one pound in silver was real. http://www.sacampania.beniculturali.it/eventi/mostra_piovoso...
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
letters of credit


Explanation:
"carte bancali" (no longer in use)

Just my suggestion but I could be wrong.

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Note added at 17 mins (2016-06-08 08:08:01 GMT)
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there is already a proz glossary entry for this at

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/finance_general...

Tom in London
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