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1 Peseta Cervelló
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Cervelló |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Cervelló coat of arms, incorporating a deer and palm tree, set against the quartered arms of Catalonia, all within a decorative border. Surrounding text in Catalan states the denomination, issuing authority, and terms of circulation including the date of authorising agreement. The numeral '1' appears at lower right within a circular frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE CERVELLÓ UNA PESSETA REINTEGRABLE A LA CAIXA MUNICIPAL PER ACORD DEL DIA 8 DE MAIG DEL 1937 DE CURS OBLIGATORI PER TOT EL TERME MUNICIPAL DE CERVELLÓ (Translation: Municipal Council of Cervelló One Peseta Refundable to the Caixa Municipal by agreement of May 8, 1937 Mandatory course for the entire municipality of Cervelló) |
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Cervelló is a small municipality south of Barcelona, and like hundreds of Catalan towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency fractional currency in 1937 after silver and copper coinage vanished from circulation almost entirely. The Republican government's decree of May 1937 formally authorised local councils to print these notes — the moneda municipal — though many had already been doing so out of necessity for months before the paperwork caught up.
The C.A.M. printer in Barcelona handled a substantial volume of these municipal emissions across Catalonia, which means the production quality here is noticeably more consistent than notes run off on local presses. Turró catalogues this emission as #806.