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1 Peseta Llorenç del Penedès
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Llorenç del Penedès |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on plain cream paper. The design is enclosed within a double rectangular border composed of dotted rules and interlocking circle ornaments forming the perimeter frame. All text is set in block capitals within the central field, with the denomination numeral and issuing authority legend occupying the upper and middle registers, and the bearer clause and date in the lower register. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 Pta. L'AJUNTAMENT DE LLORENÇ DEL PENEDÈS PAGARÀ AL PORTADOR 1'00 PESSETA MARÇ DEL 1937 AQUEST BITLLET SERÀ VÀLID FINS QUE L'AJUNTAMENT ACORDI RETIRAR-LO DE CIRCULACIÓ (Translation: 1 Peseta The City Council of Llorenç del Penedès will pay the bearer 1.00 Peseta March 1937 This note will be valid until the City Council agrees to withdraw it from circulation) |
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Llorenç del Penedès is a small municipality in the Baix Penedès comarca of Catalonia, and like hundreds of similar towns it resorted to printing its own fractional currency in 1937 when the Republican government's coin supply collapsed almost entirely under wartime pressure. The Generalitat had authorized local councils to issue these *moneda local* notes the previous year, creating a patchwork of hyper-local scrip that was theoretically only valid within the issuing municipality.
Imprenta Sugrañes of Tarragona handled a significant share of the printing work for small Catalan councils during this period. The city would be heavily bombed by Italian aircraft based in Majorca beginning in early 1938, which disrupted much of the regional printing and administrative infrastructure.