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1 Peseta Riudaura
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Riudaura |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on cream card stock, enclosed within a double-ruled rectangular border. The issuer name 'AJUNTAMENT DE RIUDAURA' is set in bold capitals at the top, separated from the body text by a double horizontal rule; below, the bearer clause 'Reconeix al portador' appears in a lighter typeface, with the denomination 'UNA PESSETA' in large bold type at centre. A handwritten serial number prefixed 'Núm.' is positioned at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE RIUDAURA Reconeix al portador UNA PESSETA Núm. (Translation: City Council of Riudaura acknowledges to the bearer One Peseta / No.) |
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Riudaura is a tiny municipality in the Garrotxa comarca of Girona province — population in the hundreds — which issued its own emergency paper money during the Spanish Civil War under the Republican government's 1937 decree permitting local authorities to print small-denomination currency to address the catastrophic coin shortage. These hyper-local emissions, collectively catalogued under the "Guerra Civil" series, were produced by hundreds of Catalan towns, many with no printing infrastructure whatsoever, resulting in notes of wildly varying quality. Riudaura's example on thick card stock is characteristic of the improvised municipal issues from the region.