Catalog
1 Pesseta 1st Issue
| Issuer | Consell General de les Valls d'Andorra |
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| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain light ground with the full text of Decree No. 112 printed in blue letterpress across six numbered articles in Catalan, setting out the terms of the emergency currency issue. The serial number is printed in blue at the bottom center, and a faint circular administrative stamp is visible at left. |
| Reverse lettering | DÉCRET No 112 del Consell General de les Valls d`Andorra I. - Es crea i es posa en circulatió vales moneda andorrà a l`objecte de facilitar les transaccions comercials dintre de les Valls d`Andorra. II. - Els presents vales estan integrament garantits per bitllets del Banc Nacional d`Espanya i, sota la responsabilitat del M. I. Consell General de les Valls d`Andorra. III. - Essent els Presents vales divisionaris dels bitllets del Banc d`Espanya de valor de vint-i-cinc pessetes i supériors, - s`enten els bitllets que`s troban ja en circulatió en aquesta data - seguiran les mateixes fluctuacions que les suportades per els mencionats bitllets espanyols. IV. - Tot vale brut, esmenat o estripat en forma que ofereixi dubte la seva autenticitat, se`l considerara nul. V. - Els falsificadors dels presents vales serán castigats amb les maximes sancions aplicades pels Tribunals competents. VI. - Aquets vales serán reintegrats el mès tard, el 31 desembre 1938. ANDORRA la VELLA, 19 Desembre del 1936. (Translation: Decree No. 112 of the General Council of the Andorra Valleys I. - Andorran currency vouchers are created and put into circulation with the aim of facilitating commercial transactions within the Andorran Valleys. II. - These vouchers are fully guaranteed by notes from the National Bank of Spain and, under the responsibility of the `M.I. Consell General de les Valls d`Andorra`. III. - Being the present divisional vouchers of Bank of Spain notes of twenty-five pesetas and above, - notes that are already in circulation on this date are understood - they will follow the same fluctuations as those borne by the aforementioned Spanish banknotes. IV. - Any dirty, altered or ripped-up voucher in a way that casts doubt on its authenticity will be considered null and void. V. - Forgers of these vouchers will be punished with the maximum penalties applied by the competent Courts. VI. - These vouchers will be refund no later than December 31, 1938. Andorra la Vella, December 19, 1936.) |
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Andorra had no formal banking system and no currency of its own when the Spanish Civil War began disrupting coin supplies across the Pyrenees. This 1 Pesseta note — the first paper money ever issued by the Consell General — was a direct response to that shortage, produced to keep small transactions functioning in a co-principality that had operated on circulating Spanish and French coins for centuries.
The spelling "Pesseta" rather than the Spanish "Peseta" reflects Catalan orthography, the administrative language of Andorra. Pick lists only three denominations in this 1936 emergency series. Surviving examples are genuinely scarce; the total print run was small and wartime attrition was high.