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1 Peseta Banyoles
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Banyoles (Municipality of Banyoles) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | The municipal coat of arms of Banyoles, surmounted by a crown and bearing the letter 'B', is positioned to the left, with 'Serie B' inscribed below. The central field carries the issuing authority's name 'AJUNTAMENT DE BANYOLES' at the top, with the text of the promise to pay in Catalan in cursive script, including the date 'Banyoles 17 d'agost 1937' and the signature of the alcalde (mayor). The denomination '1 Pta.' appears in the upper right and lower left corners, with a serial number prefixed by 'No' at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | A landscape vignette occupies the full face of the note, rendered in a fine engraved style and showing a panoramic view of the Estany de Banyoles (Lake of Banyoles), with a farmhouse and a row of tall trees reflected in the calm water, reeds in the foreground, and hills in the background. The place name 'Banyoles' appears in the upper left, the denomination '1 Pta.' in the upper right, and the issue year 'Emissió 1937' in the lower left, with 'Serie B' in the lower right. |
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Banyoles issued its own fractional currency in 1937 under the wartime decree that allowed Catalan municipalities to produce emergency small change — the Republican government had authorized local ajuntaments to fill the void left by hoarded and disappeared coinage. These municipal notes circulated strictly within the township and were theoretically redeemable once the crisis passed, a promise the outcome of the Civil War made irrelevant.
Turró catalogs this as #290, placing it within the dense cluster of Girona province emissions that are collectively among the hardest wartime locals to assemble into a complete run.