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1 Peseta Porrera
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Porrera |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 81 × 55 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on cream-coloured card stock, the obverse carries the issuing authority's name 'CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE PORRERA' at the top within a rectangular ornamental border composed of repeating decorative corner motifs. The denomination 'Val UNA Pta.' is set in large bold letterpress type at the centre, below which the guarantee and mandatory circulation clauses appear in smaller text, concluding with the date 'Porrera, 28 de Maig del 1937.' |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE PORRERA Val UNA Pta. De l`import d`aquest bitllet n`és garantia la Caixa del Consell Porrera, 28 de Maig del 1937. De curs obligatori en tota la jurisdicció Municipal. (Translation: Municipal Council of Porrera Vouches One Peseta The amount of this banknote is guaranteed by the `Caixa del Consell` Porrera, May 28, 1937. Mandatory course throughout the Municipal jurisdiction.) |
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Porrera is a small wine-producing municipality in the Priorat comarca of Catalonia, and like hundreds of other Spanish Republican localities, it issued its own emergency paper money during the Civil War when small coin effectively vanished from circulation. These municipal notes — collectively known as paper moneda local — were produced under a 1936 decree from the Generalitat de Catalunya authorizing local councils to cover the shortage. Porrera's issue is among the more obscure, reflecting the village's tiny population and limited economic activity.
Thick card stock was chosen precisely because small-denomination scrip needed to survive rough daily handling in markets and taverns. Few examples did.