Paper Money, Scripophily and Banking Histrory

Austria / Italy Trieste Societa d’Assicurazione Marittima Bill of Exchange 1806 Insurance Napoleonic Wars

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Description

Partially printed and manuscript Prima di Cambio (first of exchange) drawn by the Società d’Assicurazione Marittima (Maritime Insurance Company) represented by Antonio Garabuch, ordering payment at three months’ date of Imperial Lire 194 23/100 to Daniel d’Iseppo Frères, merchants of Trieste, who has accepted and signed at lower right.

Neatly penned on laid paper with printed borders, dated and signed in full. Fine early Adriatic maritime finance document issued during the Napoleonic Wars, when Trieste’s trade network linked Austrian, Dalmatian, and Venetian ports under French blockade conditions.


Condition report:

Very Fine, clean and fresh, light folds only.