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25 Céntimos Blanes
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Blanes (Municipality of Blanes) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 114 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE BLANES Val per vint-i-cinc cèntims quantitat reemborsable a la Caixa Municipal, segons acord del dia 21 d`aquest mes. Blanes 25 d`Agost 1937 25 CENTIMS (Translation: City Council of Blanes Voucher for Twenty-five Centimos Reimbursable amount to the Municipal Treasury, according to the agreement of the 21st of this month. Blanes August 25, 1937 25 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | The reverse vignette presents a coastal scene with fishing boats beached on the shore, framed by vineyards and pear trees, with the distinctive rocky outcrop of Sa Palomera in the background — the natural landmark that marks the southern boundary of the Costa Brava. The composition is printed in a modest letterpress style consistent with wartime local emergency currency. Denomination and circulation obligation inscriptions appear within the design. |
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Issued under the emergency monetary decree of the Generalitat de Catalunya, which authorized Catalan municipalities to produce their own fractional currency after the Republican government's coin shortage became acute in the first year of the Civil War. Hundreds of town councils across Catalonia issued their own paper and cardboard emergency notes — the so-called "moneda local" — and Blanes was among them, printing this 25 céntimos series at the local Blandònia press.
Municipal issues of this type circulated only within the issuing town's commercial limits, redeemable in theory but often worthless once the issuing authority collapsed or the war front shifted.