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Venetian banco ducat — Banco del Giro accounts: research record

Evidence coverage: 1619–1630. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Venetian banco ducat — Banco del Giro accounts

CUR-V26-VENICE · Research draft

Documented obligations, prices or public accounting establish a scoped currency identity independently of surviving descendants.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1619–1630; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Latest research

Historical account research

Giro balances settled obligations and traded at a variable premium to coin; the premium turned negative during 1630. This supports a separately valued scriptural unit.

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Historical account research

Venetian bank payments ceased inOctober 1800; after 1805 creditors received government bonds.

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Historical account research

Revise admission argument: premium alone is insufficient. Bank account denomination, its distinct relation to current/coin money and continued unit despite metallic devaluation support scoped banco ducat. Preserve one unit across institutions unless an account split is established.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1619–1630supported

Giro balances settled obligations and traded at a variable premium to coin; the premium turned negative during 1630. This supports a separately valued scriptural unit.

C1399
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C1399

Giro balances settled obligations and traded at a variable premium to coin; the premium turned negative during 1630. This supports a separately valued scriptural unit.

Pandemic recession and helicopter money: Venice · Pandemic recession and helicopter money: Venice,1629–1631, Financial History Review (2022) Citation S703 · Open source ↗

sectionsI andIII, Figure4 discussion

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C1400

Venetian bank payments ceased inOctober 1800; after 1805 creditors received government bonds.

Roberds and Velde · Roberds and Velde, Early Public Banks (2014 revised), Chicago WP 2014-03 Citation S704 · Open source ↗

Venice p.27, final paragraph

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C1566

Revise admission argument: premium alone is insufficient. Bank account denomination, its distinct relation to current/coin money and continued unit despite metallic devaluation support scoped banco ducat. Preserve one unit across institutions unless an account split is established.

Roberds and Velde · Roberds and Velde, Early Public Banks (2014 revised), Chicago WP 2014-03 Citation S704 · Open source ↗

Venice pp 21–26; Amsterdam pp 35–39

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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