Catalog
1 Peseta Alfarràs
| Issuer | Ajuntament d'Alfarràs (Municipality of Alfarràs) |
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| Size | 52 × 49 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on red card stock, the obverse bears the issuer's name 'AJUNTAMENT D'ALFARRAS' in bold capitals across the top, with a vertical bar control device to the right. A small stylised ornament separates the header from the lower field, where the denomination 'Valor 1 pta.' is centred in large type. A serial number appears in the bottom margin. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Alfarràs is a small municipality in the Segrià comarca of Lleida, and like dozens of Catalan and Valencian towns, it issued its own emergency paper — or in this case, card — during the Civil War when the Republic's central coin supply collapsed after 1936. Copper and silver vanished almost immediately through hoarding and requisition, forcing local councils to improvise with whatever printing stock they had on hand.
The square format is a practical consequence of cutting card to maximize yield, not a design choice. The official stamp substituting for any sophisticated security feature tells you everything about the conditions under which these were produced.