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200 Reales de Vellón Junta de Moneda de Cataluña
| Issuer | Junta de Moneda de Cataluña |
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| Year | 1853 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on an ocher underprint, with a black serial number. The upper portion carries a vignette of assorted objects and instruments, while two cornucopias flank the lower section, the whole design framed by elaborate guilloche and geometric border ornamentation. The body of the note is occupied by a lengthy Spanish-language statutory text setting out the terms of circulation under the Royal Decree of 5 August 1852, with the four Catalan provincial names — Barcelona, Tarragona, Gerona, and Lérida — inscribed across the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | BARCELONA TARRAGONA GERONA LERIDA Numº. 08545 Rs von 200 BILLETE EQUIVALENTE A MONEDA DE COBRE El portador de este billete tiene derecho al abono de la cantidad de Doscientos reales vellon segun el articulo 11 del Real decreto de 5 de Agosto de 1852. Este billete, mientras se efectua su amortización en la forma prevenida en el articulo 12 del mismo Real decreto circulará se recibirá y considerará para las transacciones de todas clases en la provincias de Cataluña unicamente, como moneda de cobre por una cantidad igual a la que espresa. BARCELONA 1º de Enero de 1853. El vicepresidente de la Junta de moneda. El Secretario de la junta de moneda. Serie A (Translation: Banknote equivalent to copper coin The bearer of this banknote is entitled to payment of the sum of Two Hundred reales vellon according to Article 11 of the Royal Decree of August 5, 1852. This banknote, pending amortization in the manner provided for in Article 12 of the same Royal Decree, will circulate and be accepted and considered for all types of transactions in the provinces of Catalonia only, as copper coin for an amount equal to the amount expressed. Barcelona, January 1, 1853. The Vice President of the Currency Board. The Secretary of the Currency Board. Series A) |
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The Junta de Moneda de Cataluña was not a conventional bank of issue but an emergency administrative body convened during a period of acute copper coin shortage in mid-nineteenth century Spain. Catalonia's commercial centers, particularly Barcelona, were routinely paralyzed by the lack of small and medium denomination specie, and the Junta was empowered specifically to authorize fiduciary substitutes — a stopgap measure that Madrid viewed with considerable unease.
Regional paper of this type rarely survived in quantity. Redemption rates were erratic, and public trust in non-central issues was thin.