GETTONE TELEFONICO DE ITALIA

GETTONE TELEONICO - Ficha Telefónica - Italia R 7607 In the 70 s the value of the metal used in Italian small coins had reached a higher value then the face value. This led to a coin shortage in the market, forcing the circulating use of gettone, stamps and bus tickets for small transactions or part exchanges of a larger payment. Gettones became so common and so well known that they were considered legal tender, almost always being accepted as payment. One Gettone was valued 50 lire up to 1980, 100 lir