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10 Céntimos La Riera de Gaià
| Issuer | Ajuntament de La Riera de Gaià |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 10 Centimos (0.10 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | Plain typeset reverse printed in orange on cream paper, enclosed within a double-line rectangular border. The series designation appears at the upper left and the validity clause is centred, with the four quarters of the Catalan coat of arms (four red bars on gold ground) rendered as a small vignette in the centre of the field. |
| Reverse lettering | Sèrie D Validesa durant l`any 1937 (Translation: Series D Valid during the year 1937) |
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La Riera de Gaià is a small municipality in the Camp de Tarragona with a population that barely exceeded a few hundred in the 1930s, which makes the decision to issue emergency fractional currency here a useful illustration of how thoroughly the Republican zone fragmented its monetary supply during the Civil War. The Generalitat de Catalunya authorized municipalities to print their own moneda local after the collapse of small-denomination coinage circulation in mid-1936, and hundreds of town councils — including ones this modest — took up the option.
Imprenta Solé in Tarragona printed for multiple Tarragonès municipalities during this period, which means the production quality is reasonably consistent across the series even if the issuing authorities varied wildly in size and resources. Turró catalogues this as #2123.