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1 Peseta Bellver de Cerdanya
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Bellver de Cerdanya |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a municipal building rendered in the style of the town's coat of arms, framed by floral ornamentation. The issuing authority's name is inscribed in full across the upper margin in capital letterpress text. |
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| Reverse lettering | UNA PTA BELLVER DE CERDANYA Emissió 17 de Juliol del 1937 Curs obligatori dins el terme municipal Venciment 1er d'agost del 1938 Bitllet a canviar a la caixa municipal abans del dia 10 d'agost del 1938. (Translation: One Peseta Bellver de Cerdanya Issue July 17, 1937 Mandatory course within the municipality Expiration August 1, 1938 Banknote to be exchanged at the Municipal Treasury before August 10, 1938) |
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Bellver de Cerdanya is a small Pyrenean town in the comarca of the Cerdanya, and like hundreds of Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, its ajuntament issued emergency fractional currency when Republican-zone coinage all but vanished from circulation after 1936. The Imprenta Unió Obrera in nearby La Seu d'Urgell — a workers' collective print shop operating under CNT-UGT auspices — handled production for several such local issues in the region, which is why the typography and layout across Turró's Alt Urgell and Cerdanya listings often shows a family resemblance.
These hyperlocal notes were theoretically redeemable only within the issuing municipality, making survival rates unpredictable — notes that never left town had nowhere to go once the war ended.