---
title: '1919 Bolscevismo / 1923 Fascismo: the lira-and-franco scales (Fascist election postcard, 1924)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bolscevismo-fascismo-lira-franco-postcard-1924/
description: Colour postcard in two halves labelled '1919 - Bolscevismo' and '1923 - Fascismo'.
section: Collection
---

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[![1919 Bolscevismo / 1923 Fascismo: the lira-and-franco scales (Fascist election postcard, 1924)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bolscevismo-fascismo-lira-franco-postcard-1924.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bolscevismo-fascismo-lira-franco-postcard-1924.jpg)

# 1919 Bolscevismo / 1923 Fascismo: the lira-and-franco scales (Fascist election postcard, 1924)

Colour postcard in two halves labelled '1919 - Bolscevismo' and '1923 - Fascismo'. In each half a pair of scales weighs a 1-lira coin against a 1-franc coin, over a crowd of red-flag marchers on the left and marching Blackshirts carrying tricolours on the right. The scales tip one way in 1919 and the other in 1923, so one exchange comparison stands in for the whole record of each period.

## Text on the object

Original (Italian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
1 LIRA
1 FRANCO
1919 - BOLSCEVISMO

1 LIRA
1 FRANCO
1923 - FASCISMO
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
1 LIRA
1 FRANC
1919 - BOLSHEVISM

1 LIRA
1 FRANC
1923 - FASCISM
```

The coin legends are the only text in each half besides the captions along the bottom edge.

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