To be picky, and as specified in the link, it has now (since 2016) a 3,000 Euro limit for cash payments, it had (and it was "pure folly" in practice) a limit of

To be picky, and as specified in the link, it has now (since 2016) a 3,000 Euro limit for cash payments, it had (and it was "pure folly" in practice) a limit of only 1,000 Euro in 2012-2015. JFYI, I remember that circa 2013 I had to make a particular payment to a Government Administration (only possible via the Post Office - Bollettino Postale) of around 1,200 Euro. The Post Office wouldn't accept cash or a credit card, only a particular kind of cheque (Assegno Circolare) emitted directly from my bank. Of course this check had to be printed and the bank software had a limited printing length field for the payee, which was an extremely long name. The Post Office wouldn't accept any abbreviation/acronym, I went back and forth several times between bank and Post Office until finally a bank director came out with a key that allowed to print the cheque in a "condensed" font.