Catalog
10 Céntimos La Bisbal d'Empordà
| Issuer | La Bisbal d'Empordà, Municipality of |
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| Composition | Paper (Cardboard) |
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| Obverse lettering | Consell Municipal La Bisbal No [serial number] Val 10 cts. (Translation: Municipal Council La Bisbal / Voucher 10 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | Unprinted plain cardboard reverse bearing a single oval official municipal stamp applied in blue ink at centre, the text of which is partially legible, authenticating the voucher in lieu of a printed design. |
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La Bisbal d'Empordà was one of hundreds of Catalan municipalities forced to produce their own emergency fractional currency during 1937–38, after the Republican government's chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage left local commerce essentially unable to function. These municipal issues — known collectively as moneda local — were authorised under a June 1937 decree from the Generalitat de Catalunya, which gave towns the right to print their own circulating paper rather than grind to a halt.
Turró catalogues La Bisbal's issues meticulously, but surviving examples in any condition are thin on the ground — the notes were only ever intended for hyperlocal use, and most were withdrawn or simply discarded when the Nationalist advance rendered them worthless in early 1939.