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2 Pesetas Catral
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Catral |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 78 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green note printed by letterpress, with a geometric border framing the entire face and a stylized coat of arms of the Spanish Republic positioned at the top centre. The central panel carries the denomination numeral and the issuing authority inscription, flanked by ornamental corner vignettes in a symmetrical layout. The printer's imprint and designer credit appear along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 ptas. EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE CATRAL PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR LA CANTIDAD DE DOS Pesetas CATRAL, JULIO DE 1937. TIP. ALONSO. ALMORADI - DIBUJO DE A. MARCO (Translation: 2 Pesetas The Municipal Council of Catral Will pay the bearer the amount of Two Pesetas Catral, July 1937.) |
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Catral is a small agricultural municipality in the Vega Baja del Segura, and like dozens of comparable towns in Republican-held Spain, its local council began issuing emergency paper money in 1936–37 when the withdrawal of metallic coin from circulation created a practical crisis for daily commerce. These locally-issued notes — known collectively as papel moneda local or moneda de emergencia — were never legal tender beyond the issuing municipality and often became worthless within months as the war shifted.
The printer, Tipografía Alonso of Almoradí, produced emergency issues for several neighboring councils in the comarca during the same period, which occasionally creates attribution confusion between similar series. Designer credit to A. Marco is unusually specific for issues of this type.