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25 Céntimos Aigüesbones
| Issuer | Ajuntament d'Aigüesbones (Municipality of Aigüesbones) |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red on cream paper with a distinctive bone-shaped outer border, within which a rectangular frame encloses the main design. To the upper left, a vignette of a stone fountain with water flowing over the arms of Catalonia (the four bars) occupies the left margin. The denomination '0·25 PTS.' appears in circular cartouches at upper right and lower left, with the issuing authority legend in bold letterpress across the upper register and the value in large display type at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | 0`25 PTS AJUNTAMENT D`AIGÜESBONES VAL PER VINT-I-CINC cèntims Reintegrable a la Caixa Municipal segons acord del 2 de setembre del 1937 De curs obligatori per tot el terme municipal d`Aigüesbones (Translation: 0`25 Pesetas City Council of Aigüesbones Valid for Twenty five Centimos Refundable to the Municipal Treasury according to the agreement of September 2, 1937 Mandatory currency throughout the municipality of Aigüesbones) |
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Aigüesbones was a small Catalan municipality that, like hundreds of others during the Spanish Civil War, issued its own fractional paper currency after Republican authorities authorized local emergency scrip in 1936–37. The collapse of small coinage in circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply absent — forced even minor town councils to fill the gap themselves. These municipal emissions were legal under the decree but wildly inconsistent in quality, backing, and redemption prospects.
Printed by the Centre d'Administració Municipal in Barcelona, which handled production for numerous Catalan councils during this period, making Turró's cataloguing of these issues essential for attribution. The municipality itself is obscure enough that documented surviving examples are genuinely rare.