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1 Peseta Gisclareny
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Gisclareny |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | The Catalan coat of arms occupies the central field, flanked on either side by the face value numeral. A background vignette renders a partial townscape of Gisclareny set against the Sierra del Cadí mountain range. A full perimeter text inscription states the issuing authority, denomination, date of issue, and the mandatory circulation decree within the municipal territory. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE GISCLARENY RECONEIX A FAVOR DEL PORTADOR LA QUANTITAT DE Una Pta. Setembre del 1937 DE CURS OBLIGATORI PER TOT EL TERME MUNICIPAL (Translation: City Council of Gisclareny recognizes in favour of the bearer the amount of One Peseta, September 1937, of mandatory course throughout the municipal term) |
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Gisclareny is one of the smallest municipalities in Catalonia — during the 1930s its population barely exceeded a few dozen souls. Like hundreds of other Catalan towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency paper currency after the Republican government's decree of September 1936 authorized local authorities to print small-denomination notes to address a near-total collapse in coin circulation. The coins had been hoarded, melted, or simply vanished.
Printed by Jaume Molins in nearby Berga, this 1 pesseta note is among the more obscure entries in the Turró catalog. Notes from municipalities this small were produced in very limited quantities and rarely survived in any number.