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1 Peseta Espluga de Francolí
| Issuer | Consell Municipal d'Espluga de Francolí |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | The municipal coat of arms of Espluga de Francolí is centered on the face of this wartime emergency note, printed in brown on cream paper. The central vignette is enclosed within an ornamental rectangular border composed of interlocking guilloche and geometric motifs. The date of issue and issuing authority are inscribed within the design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on cream paper and is dominated by a wide ornamental border of intricate guilloche and floral rosette vignettes at each corner, with the word PESSETA repeated diagonally in the corner cartouches. A central scrollwork cartouche contains the denomination legend in large bold type, with the issuer name below and a mandatory circulation clause in a lower panel. The printer's imprint appears at the foot of the note. |
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Espluga de Francolí is a small town in the Camp de Tarragona, and this 1 Peseta note is one of hundreds of municipal emergency issues produced across Republican-held Catalonia after the July 1936 military uprising collapsed the normal supply of small coinage almost overnight. The Consell Municipal — like dozens of similar local bodies — was effectively forced into issuing paper scrip to keep local commerce moving, with no central authorization and no standardized format required.
Imprenta Sugrañes of Tarragona handled a significant number of these small municipal commissions throughout the province. The Turró catalogue remains the primary reference for the full typology of these wartime Catalan locals.