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1 Peseta Benavent de Segrià
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Benavent de Segrià |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Turró#405 |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress text on a plain green underprint with a light dot pattern. The issuer name 'BENAVENT DE SEGRIA' is printed at upper right, with 'UNA pesseta' in large mixed-weight type at centre, overlaid by a faint green heraldic shield vignette. The serial number prefixed 'Nº' appears at lower left, with issue date, legal tender clause, and validity statement completing the layout. |
| Reverse lettering | BENAVENT DE SEGRIA UNA pesseta EMISSIO: Maig 1937. CURS OBLIGATORI PER AL CANVI VALIT PER TOT EL POBLE (Translation: Benavent de Segrià One Peseta Issue: May 1937. Mandatory legal tender for change. Valid throughout the whole village) |
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During the Spanish Civil War, hundreds of Catalan municipalities issued their own fractional paper currency after the gold and silver coinage disappeared from circulation almost immediately following the July 1936 uprising. Benavent de Segrià, a small agricultural town in the Lleida plain, was no exception. These municipal emissions — collectively known as "moneda local de guerra" — were authorized under Republican decree but produced entirely at local expense, which meant quality varied enormously from one town to the next.
Turró's catalogue remains the essential reference for this material, and at number 405, this note sits in the middle of a sprawling series that runs to well over a thousand distinct emissions from Catalonia alone.