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1 Peseta Montcada i Reixac
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Montcada i Reixac |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 PTA. L'AJUNTAMENT DE MONTCADA I REIXAC RECONEIX A FAVOR DEL PORTADOR LA QUANTITAT D'UNA PESSETA ESSENT-NE GARANTIA EL DIPÒSIT CONSTITUIT AL BANC HISPANO COLONIAL (Translation: 1 Peseta The City Council of Montcada i Reixac recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of One Peseta, the deposit made in the Banco Hispano Colonial being a guarantee) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green on a cream ground, the reverse shares the same scrollwork guilloche border with '1 PTA.' corner pieces as the obverse. To the left of the central field, the municipal coat of arms is set within a heraldic shield surrounded by flowering foliage, while the issuing authority's name and the text recording the authorising plenary session of 19 November 1937 appear to the right. A black-printed serial number is positioned below the main text block. |
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Montcada i Reixac is a small municipality just north of Barcelona, and like hundreds of Catalan towns during the Civil War, its ajuntament issued emergency fractional currency in 1937 when Republican Spain's small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply spent into oblivion. These municipal notes, collectively catalogued under the Catalan series studied by Turró, were legal only within the issuing municipality's own jurisdiction.
Production quality varies wildly across the series; Montcada's notes were locally printed with modest means. Surviving examples frequently show fold wear consistent with genuine pocket circulation.