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20 Céntimos Gerri de la Sal

Issuer Consell Municipal de Gerri de la Sal
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Type Emergency banknote
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Obverse lettering CONSELL MUNICIPAL GERRI DE LA SAL Val 0'20 Pts.
(Translation: Municipal Council Gerri de la Sal Value 0.20 Pesetas)
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Reverse lettering Val 20 Cts.
(Translation: Value 20 Centimos)
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Gerri de la Sal is a tiny salt-producing village in the Pallars Sobirà comarca of Catalonia, and like hundreds of similarly small municipalities it issued its own emergency paper money during the Spanish Civil War when Republican-zone coinage disappeared almost entirely from circulation after 1936. These local issues — collectively called "guerra civil" notes or *moneda local* — were produced by town councils with whatever printing or duplicating resources were at hand, which in many cases meant little more than a rubber stamp and cardstock cut to size.

Turró catalogues this as #1117, placing it among the better-documented Catalan municipal issues, though surviving examples remain scarce given the improvised nature of production and the note's near-certain destruction after Franco's victory made Republican-issued paper politically dangerous to possess.

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