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1 Peseta Dosrius
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Dosrius (Municipality of Dosrius) |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 PTA AJUNTAMENT DE DOSRIUS Val per UNA PESSETA DOSRIUS 12 DE MAIG DEL 1937 L'Alcalde Jaume Minet El Dipositari Jaume Bonamusa Bitllet de curs local obligatori SÈRIE A. (Translation: 1 Peseta City Council of Dosrius Voucher for One Peseta Dosrius May 12, 1937 The Mayor Jaume Minet The Treasurer Jaume Bonamusa Mandatory local currency note Series A.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries the local heraldic coat of arms of Dosrius at centre, supported by two nude putti and set against a partial townscape vignette in the background. The denomination 1 PTA appears at upper left and the mandatory circulation legend is repeated at the foot, all rendered in letterpress within a plain border frame. |
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Dosrius is a small municipality in the Maresme comarca, inland from Mataró, with a population that barely exceeded a few hundred in the 1930s. During the Civil War, the Republican government's decree authorizing local emergency currency allowed even the smallest ayuntamientos to print their own notes — partly to address the acute shortage of small-denomination coinage caused by hoarding and Republican silver requisitions. Imprenta Minerva in Mataró printed for several of these tiny Maresme municipalities, which is why the production quality across the local series is broadly consistent despite the chaotic circumstances.
Turró catalogues this as #915. Two signatures authenticate the issue: the alcalde Jaume Minet and the municipal treasurer Jaume Bonamusa.