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1 Peseta Cambrils de Mar
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Cambrils de Mar (Municipality of Cambrils de Mar) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in green ink on plain paper, enclosed within a geometric double-rule border with arrow-and-dash ornamental framing. The issuing authority 'AJUNTAMENT DE CAMBRILS DE MAR' appears in bold uppercase across the top, with the denomination '1 PESSETA' in large letters at left. Three manuscript signatures in red ink occupy the lower portion, attributed to the Mayor (L'Alcalde), the Comptroller (L'Interventor), and the Municipal Depositary (El Dipositari). |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress-printed in green ink within a simple linear border, with the municipal coat of arms of Cambrils de Mar centrally placed. The series designation and validity clause are printed in plain text above and below the arms, giving the note a plain, utilitarian character typical of Spanish Civil War emergency issues. |
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Cambrils de Mar, a small fishing town on the Costa Daurada, issued its own emergency currency during the Spanish Civil War under the same municipal emergency framework that produced thousands of local bitllets locals across Catalonia between 1936 and 1939. The Republican government had authorized municipalities to print their own small-denomination notes to address the catastrophic disappearance of coin from circulation — hoarding and metal requisitions had stripped everyday commerce of anything useful below a few pesetas.
Imprenta Solé in Tarragona handled production for several nearby municipalities during this period, which sometimes creates attribution confusion among collectors. Turró #621 is the standard reference point for distinguishing the Cambrils issue from closely related local emissions.