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1 Peseta Torrefarrera, Sindicato Agrícola y Caja Rural
| Issuer | Sindicato Agrícola y Caja Rural de Torrefarrera |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#1455-C |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in brown ink on a green geometric underprint, with a triangular ornamental border running along all four edges. The central text block carries the issuing institution's name, the denomination in words, and the issue date of 1 June 1937, with spaces reserved for the manuscript signatures of the Secretary-Auditor and the Accountant. |
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| Reverse lettering | SINDICATO AGRÍCOLA Y CAJA RURAL DE TORREFARRERA 1 PESETA JUNIO 1937 Serie A (Translation: Agricultural Union and Rural Fund of Torrefarrera 1 Peseta June 1937 Series A) |
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Torrefarrera is a small municipality in the Lleida plain, and this 1937 emission belongs to the vast ecosystem of locally issued wartime paper that proliferated across Republican-controlled Catalonia when the Civil War severed normal currency supply chains. Agricultural cooperatives and rural savings institutions — bodies with no prior mandate to issue money — were effectively forced into the role by circumstance, with the Generalitat providing loose authorization rather than any coordinated printing program.
The thick card stock was a practical choice: small runs on heavy substrate held up better in local exchange than lightweight paper would have. Gari's cataloguing of this piece as Mon#1455-C places it within a recognized series for the municipality, suggesting at least variant issues exist.