Catalog
0.25 Pesetas Tossa
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Tossa (Municipality of Tossa de Mar) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Turró#2588 |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in blue ink on a light blue dotted underprint background. The text block is enclosed within a rectangular perimeter frame, with the issuing authority and denomination set in bold type. All inscriptions are in Catalan, authorizing the note by municipal agreement dated 31 May 1937. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Letterpress-printed in blue ink on a light blue dotted underprint background. The denomination and validity inscription are arranged within geometric border ornaments. All text is in Catalan, restricting the note's use to the municipal term. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
One of hundreds of small-denomination emergency notes — known collectively as moneda local or bitllets locals — issued by Catalan municipalities during the Spanish Civil War after the Republican government's inability to maintain adequate coin supply in 1936–37. Tossa de Mar, a small coastal town in the Girona province, issued its own fractional scrip out of practical necessity: the copper and silver coinage had largely vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted.
Turró catalogues these municipal emissions exhaustively; #2588 places this note within a well-documented but physically fragile series. Paper quality in these wartime municipal issues was often poor, and examples with intact edges are harder to find than the catalog density might suggest.