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15 Céntimos Barcelona
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Barcelona (Municipality of Barcelona) |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark green and deep crimson on buff paper, with a leafy guilloche underprint filling the entire field. The large numeral '15' dominates the left portion in red, with the denomination 'CTS.' to its right in matching letterpress. The coat of arms of Barcelona — a cross within a lozenge — appears to the right of centre, while the issuer legend 'AJUNTAMENT DE BARCELONA' is set in bold capitals across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a vignette of the 'Font dels nens' ornamental vase, a sculptural work by Barcelona artist Josep Regués, rendered in the centre of the note. The surrounding field is filled with a fine decorative underprint, and the legal text detailing the authorising agreement and redemption deadline is printed in small letterpress text across the lower portion. |
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One of dozens of fractional emergency notes produced by Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, when Republican Spain suffered an acute shortage of small metallic currency — silver and copper had largely vanished from circulation through hoarding and wartime disruption. The Ajuntament de Barcelona issued multiple denominations to keep retail transactions functioning in the city.
Turró catalogues these Barcelona municipal notes meticulously; #306 places this 15 céntimos piece within a well-documented but short-lived series, most of which was rendered obsolete well before the Nationalist capture of Barcelona in January 1939.