Catalog
2 Pessetes 1st Issue
| Issuer | Consell General de les Valls d'Andorra |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Value | 2 Pesetas |
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| Obverse description | Light orange underprint with ornamental perimeter framing enclosing blue Catalan-language letterpress text. The Andorran coat of arms appears as a central vignette in the upper portion of the note. The face value and issuing authority are stated in the body of the text, framed by the decorative border. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL GENERAL DE LES VALLS D`ANDORRA VAL PER DOS PESSETES EMISSIÓ ACORDADA PEL MOLT IL·LUSTRE CONSELL GENERAL EN DATA 19 DESEMBRE 1936 (Translation: General Council of the Valleys of Andorra Valid for Two Pesetas Issue agreed by the very illustrious General Council on December 19, 1936) |
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Andorra's first paper currency was issued in 1936 by the Consell General — the country's parliamentary body — making this one of the few instances of a medieval co-principality (jointly governed by the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France) producing emergency paper notes. The timing was driven by the disruption to coin supply caused by the Spanish Civil War raging across the border.
The series is among the rarest in all Pyrenean numismatics. Print runs were extremely small, circulation was local and brief, and survival rates are poor — most examples that exist today show heavy wear from daily use in a cash-scarce economy with few alternatives.