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10 Centimos Arenys de Mar; Sala Merce
| Issuer | Sala Merce (Arenys de Mar) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 75 x 50 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | EMPRESA SALA MERCE |
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| Protection type | Validation stamp |
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One of hundreds of small-denomination emergency notes — "moneda de paper" — issued by Catalan businesses and municipalities during the Civil War after metallic coin disappeared from circulation almost entirely by mid-1936. Sala Mercè was a commercial establishment in Arenys de Mar, not a municipal authority, which makes this a privately issued voucher rather than a local government note. The validation stamp substituted for institutional credibility that a shop simply didn't have.
Gràfics Miró was a local press in Arenys de Mar, and the signature of Montserrat Costa — almost certainly a woman in a managerial or ownership role — is uncommon for these wartime issues.