Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Céntimos Castellbell i el Vilar
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Castellbell y el Vilar |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | AYUNTAMIENTO DE CASTELLBELL Y EL VILAR 10 céntimos Nº 4780 (Translation: City Council of Castellbell y el Vilar 10 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain salmon-pink card surface with faint impressions from the obverse letterpress visible through the card stock. A partial single-line border is faintly discernible along the right edge. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
One of hundreds of emergency fractional notes issued by Spanish municipal governments during the Civil War, when the Republic's coinage supply collapsed almost entirely after 1936. Castellbell i el Vilar is a small industrial municipality on the Llobregat river in Barcelona province, and its ayuntamiento — like many Catalan towns — turned to locally printed cardboard coupons to keep basic commercial transactions moving.
Turró catalogues this as #701, placing it within the dense Barcelona-province sequence. The thick card stock was a practical choice: paper this substantial survives casual handling better than thin currency stock, which mattered when redemption timelines were undefined and the war's outcome uncertain.