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10 Céntimos Vilaboi
| Issuer | Vilaboi, Municipality of |
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| Value | 10 Centimos (0.10 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain grey card stock with typeset black letterpress text. A handwritten serial number preceded by 'N.°' appears at upper centre, with the large numeral '10' and abbreviation 'cts.' printed in bold below. The lower portion carries the validity inscription in Catalan across three lines. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely blank, unprinted reverse in plain grey card stock with no text, vignette, or other markings. |
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Vilaboi was one of dozens of small Catalan municipalities that issued emergency fractional notes — *moneda de paper* — during the Spanish Civil War, when Republican-zone coinage simply disappeared from circulation. The CAM printing house in Barcelona produced these for numerous local councils simultaneously, working from near-identical layouts with only the issuing municipality and denomination varied between runs. The result was a kind of municipal currency franchise.
At 42 × 34 mm, this is among the smallest circulating paper issued anywhere in the conflict. The thick card stock was a deliberate choice — better wear resistance for notes expected to pass through many hands before any stabilization of supply.