Private company
Banco del Giro
Former Venetian bank
The Banco del Giro (Venetian: Banco del Ziro), also Banco Giro or Bancogiro, sometimes referred to in English as the Bank of Venice, was a public bank created by the Republic of Venice in 1619, which remained in activity until the end of the Republic in 1797. The Banco del Giro has been described as "the likely first experiment with a purely fiduciary state-issued legal-tender money".2 It ceased to exist in 1806.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Banco del Giro (Venetian: Banco del Ziro), also Banco Giro or Bancogiro, sometimes referred to in English as the Bank of Venice, was a public bank created by the Republic of Venice in 1619, which remained in activity until the end of the Republic in 1797. The Banco del Giro has been described as "the likely first experiment with a purely fiduciary state-issued legal-tender money".2
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- WikipediaBanco del Giro
- WikidataQ17622298
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- 1WikidataBanco del Giro on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBanco del Giro on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBanco del Giro photo by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0