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15 Céntimos Vilanant
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Vilanant (Municipality of Vilanant) |
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| Size | 54 × 46 mm |
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| Obverse description | Typeset note printed in dark brown and red on cream card stock, enclosed within a double red ruled rectangular border with small floral ornaments at each corner. The issuer inscription appears at the top in dark brown letterpress text, separated from the large red Gothic-style denomination numeral and abbreviation below by a short rule. A red horizontally lined panel at the foot carries the serial number in dark brown block letters. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ajuntament de Vilanant 15 cts. Nº 00534 (Translation: City Council of Vilanant / 15 Centimos / No. 00534) |
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Vilanant is a small municipality in the Alt Empordà comarca of Catalonia, and like hundreds of similarly tiny Spanish towns, it issued its own fractional emergency currency during the Civil War years after the Republican government's coin shortage left local commerce effectively paralyzed. These municipal notes — known collectively as paper moneda — were produced under minimal supervision, typically on whatever card stock was available, stamped with an official seal to confer legitimacy.
Turró catalogues this 15-céntimo value as #2817. The denomination itself is unusual; most municipalities defaulted to round fractions, making the 15-céntimo choice a local practical decision, likely reflecting actual price points in use at the time.