Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
0.50 Pesetas Castanesa
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Castanesa |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
| 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) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in blue ink on plain paper, with ruled border lines framing the upper and lower edges. To the left, a small republican vignette comprises a balance scale, laurel branches, and a Phrygian cap; the central field carries the denomination and legal-tender inscription, with the printer's imprint along the lower margin. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL - DE - CASTANESA Vale 0`50 ptas. De curso legal en esta localidad Emisión 1937 Imp. Llib. Güell - Pobla de Segur (Translation: Municipal Council of Castanesa It`s worth 0.50 Pesetas Legal tender in this location Issue 1937) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| 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 in Spain as "moneda de cartón" or guerra civil local issues — printed by municipal councils across the Republican zone when coin hoarding stripped everyday transactions of small change. Castanesa is a tiny village in the Ribagorça region of the Pyrenean highlands; the entire municipality would have issued these out of practical necessity, not monetary ambition. Imprenta Librería Güell in La Pobla de Segur served as the regional printer for several such councils in the area, which is why the typography and stock often look nearly identical across different issuing bodies from this pocket of Lleida province.