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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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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse printed in brown ink, bearing the issuing body's name, the numeral denomination, the month and year of issue, and the series letter, all in simple letterpress typography without decorative vignettes or underprint. |
| 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.