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15 Céntimos Borrassà
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Borrassà |
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| Value | 15 Centimos (0.15 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on cream card stock with a blue dotted chain border running the full perimeter, with decorative corner flourishes. The issuing authority name and municipality appear in red letterpress at the top, with a small red downward-pointing triangle ornament below. The denomination is typeset in large blue characters at centre, with the serial number printed in red at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Consell Municipal BORRASSÁ 15 cts. Nº 01191 (Translation: Municipal Council Borrassà 15 Centimos) |
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Borrassà is a village in the Alt Empordà comarca of Catalonia with a population that has rarely exceeded a few hundred people. During the Spanish Civil War, hundreds of Catalan municipalities — including many of this size — issued their own emergency fractional currency after the Republic's small coins vanished from circulation almost immediately following the July 1936 uprising. These local issues, collectively catalogued by Andreu Turró, were stop-gap instruments produced under improvised conditions with whatever printing resources the town could access.
The thick card stock was a practical choice: thinner paper tended to disintegrate quickly in daily use at market and shop level, which is exactly where these céntimos circulated most.