Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Peseta Ripollet
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Ripollet (Municipality of Ripollet) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Imprenta El Secretariat Català, Barcelona, Spain |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the heraldic shield of Catalonia — vertical stripes on a quartered field — enclosed within a symmetrical wreath of laurel branches rendered in blue on a cream guilloche underprint. The bold denomination numeral '1' appears in blue at both left and right margins, with the value inscription 'UNA PESSETA' in large capitals across the lower centre. A circular municipal validation stamp in blue ink is applied to the right field, with a red serial number and asterisk below centre. |
| Reverse lettering | BITLLET DE CURS LOCAL OBLIGATORI 1 UNA PESSETA (Translation: Mandatory local course banknote One Peseta) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Ripollet is a small industrial town in the Vallès Occidental comarca, just north of Barcelona. During the Civil War, hundreds of Catalan municipalities — many of them tiny — issued their own paper emergency currency when Republican-zone coin shortages became acute after 1936. These ajuntament-issued notes, collectively known as "moneda local," were authorized under the Generalitat de Catalunya and were legally valid only within the issuing municipality's limits, which in Ripollet's case meant a few streets and factories.
Imprenta El Secretariat Català produced notes for numerous municipalities during this period, which means the same press quality and paper stock appears across dozens of different Turró catalogue entries. Distinguishing features between towns come down to the overprinted text, not any meaningful difference in manufacture.