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0.10 Pesetas Barcelona; Preventori Judicial - Economat
| Issuer | Preventori Judicial de Barcelona - Economat |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream card stock with black letterpress typography divided by a vertical rule. The denomination '0'10' is set in large bold numerals at left, flanked by the legends 'VAL per' and 'PESSETES'. A circular red administrative stamp and a handwritten serial number appear at right, with the issue date and expiry notice in smaller type below. |
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| Obverse lettering | PREVENTORI JUDICIAL DE BARCELONA VAL per 0'10 PESSETES ECONOMAT Barcelona, 1 d'abril 1938 Aquest Val caduca el 30 de juny proper. (Translation: Judicial Prevention of Barcelona Voucher for 0.10 Pesetas Economat Barcelona, April 1, 1938 This Voucher expires on June 30th.) |
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Issued during the Spanish Civil War by the Preventori Judicial de Barcelona — the city's remand prison holding untried detainees — this economat token note was produced for use within the institution's internal canteen rather than for general circulation. Economat scrip of this type allowed facilities operating under Republican administration to manage internal purchasing without drawing on scarce hard currency. The issuer was not a financial institution of any kind, which makes this piece unusual even within the already heterogeneous world of Spanish Civil War emergency paper.
The thick card stock was a deliberate choice: prison-environment scrip needed to survive rough handling while remaining difficult to replicate outside the facility.