Catalog
1 Peseta Roses
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Roses |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress text and rectangular perimeter frame over an irregular stippled underprint in light blue, with the municipal coat of arms of Roses positioned centrally. The issuing authority name and denomination legend are set within the framed field. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE ROSES Val per UNA pesseta (Translation: Municipal Council of Roses Valid for One Peseta) |
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Roses is a small coastal municipality in the Alt Empordà region of Catalonia, and this note is one of hundreds of locally issued paper currencies that flooded Spain during the Civil War years after the Republican government authorized municipal and cooperative bodies to produce their own small-denomination scrip to alleviate a chronic shortage of coin. The Consell Municipal — the local Republican council — was the issuing authority, functioning in that capacity only for as long as Republican administration held in the region.
Turró's catalog remains the essential reference for this material, and #2210 is among the less frequently encountered Alt Empordà municipals.