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Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato Valoridicarta

90 years of excellence

Founded in 1928 and made a joint-stock company in Valoridicarta SpA was founded in 2018 by the Istituto
2002 with the Ministry of Economy and Finance as its sole Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato under agreement with
shareholder, the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato is Banca d’Italia and accredited in May 2019 by the European
a key player in the design and manufacturing of security Central Bank (ECB) to produce high-value watermarked
documents to protect the physical and digital identity of papers with anti-counterfeiting and holographic security
citizens and products. elements for banknotes and identification documents.
As Government supplier of all Italian identification Valoridicarta S.p.A. was conceived as an industrial centre
documents, Poligrafico develops advanced technologies of excellence, operating in Foggia, where the original

and integrated solutions to prevent counterfeiting using papermill and production plant continues to benefit
high security features and top quality standards. from important investments in terms of technological
Among its institutional tasks, the Company is entrusted upgrading and research development.
with coinage of the Italian euro coins, as well as of legal
tenders for a number of foreign countries, such as the
Vatican State and the Republic of San Marino.

POLIGRAFICO
E ZECCA
DELLO STATO
ITALIANO