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1 Peseta Pinell de Brai
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Pinell de Brai |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on cream-toned card stock, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border. The numeral "1" appears in a framed box at upper left above the word "PESSETA", while the issuer's name and bearer clause are set in mixed typefaces across the upper and central fields, with the denomination "UNA pesseta" in large bold letters at centre. A handwritten serial number appears at lower left alongside the date "Juny de l'any 1937", a red date stamp reading "6 JUN. 1937" is applied at lower right, and the printer's imprint "Bassa. – Mora de Ebro" appears at the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE - PINELL DE BRAY (Translation: Municipal Council of - Pinell de Bray) |
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Pinell de Brai is a small municipality in the Terra Alta comarca of Tarragona, and this 1 Pesseta note is one of hundreds of locally issued emergency fractional currencies — billetes de necesidad — that flooded Republican-held Catalonia and Aragon after the July 1936 coup disrupted coin circulation almost entirely. The Consell Municipal effectively became its own central bank, however briefly.
Imprenta Josep Bassa in nearby Mora d'Ebre printed for several surrounding municipalities during this period, which means the physical production quality across Turró's regional listings is fairly consistent even when the issuing authorities differ. The official stamp was the primary — often the only — authentication mechanism standing between a legitimate emission and a forgery.