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1 Peseta Viella
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Viella (Municipality of Vielha) |
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| Reference(s) | Turró#2753 |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in dark teal on cream card stock, the obverse carries the issuer's name 'AJUNTAMENT DE VIELLA' in bold capitals at the top, beneath which the denomination legend 'VAL d'UNA PESSETA' appears between two horizontal rules. A mandatory circulation clause in smaller type occupies the lower portion, with decorative guilloche scroll borders at top and bottom; a large oval municipal validation stamp in violet ink, bearing the arms of Viella, is applied over the centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE VIELLA VAL d'UNA PESSETA de circulació obligatòria dins el terme municipal (Translation: City Council of Viella Voucher of One Peseta of mandatory circulation within the municipal term) |
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Viella — the administrative capital of the Val d'Aran in the Pyrenees — issued local emergency notes during the Spanish Civil War when the Republican government's centralized currency supply broke down and small-denomination coins disappeared from circulation almost entirely. Municipalities across Catalonia and Aragon stepped in with their own printed or handstamped scrip, collectively called "guerra civil local issues." The Ajuntament de Vielha was among the smaller issuing bodies, and its output was correspondingly limited.
Turró catalogues only a handful of Vielha types. Low surviving populations are typical of these tiny municipal runs — most were redeemed, defaced, or simply lost when the Nationalist advance rendered them worthless in 1938.