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1 Peseta Solsona
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Solsona (Municipality of Solsona) |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on plain paper. The central vignette comprises the local coat of arms of Solsona, surmounted by a rhomboid emblem in the Catalan colours. Flanking the shield are ears of wheat to the left and a vignette of coal workers to the right, symbolising the traditional crafts of the region. Issuing authority and denomination inscriptions are arranged around the central design. |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress on plain paper with a light orange-brown underprint. The central vignette shows the Solsona Town Hall building set within a shield-shaped cartouche, encircled by a wreath of ears of wheat. The denomination "UNA PESSETA" appears in bold block lettering in the upper left and upper right corners. A circulation obligation clause is printed in italic script along the lower margin. |
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Solsona is a small cathedral city in the Lleida province of Catalonia, and like hundreds of Spanish municipalities during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional paper currency after the Republican government's Decree of 21 November 1936 authorized local emergency emissions to address the catastrophic shortage of coin. These municipal notes — collectively known as "moneda de necessitat" — were produced in staggering variety across Catalonia alone, with quality ranging from crude rubber-stamp affairs to properly printed sheets.
This note falls into the latter category. Imprenta Litografia Sabadell y Cia. was one of the Barcelona commercial printers regularly contracted for these local emissions, and their work is generally consistent in registration and ink quality.