Catalog
25 Céntimos Cadaqués
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Cadaqués |
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| Size | 77 × 50 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL CADAQUÉS 25 CÈNTIMS (Translation: Municipal Council / Cadaqués / 25 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | Plain typeset reverse printed in red, with the bold face value 25 CÈNTIMS set within a central rectangle enclosed by a decorative perimeter frame composed of alternating red and blue square elements, forming a simple geometric border characteristic of Civil War-era Spanish municipal emergency issues. |
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Cadaqués, the isolated fishing village on the Costa Brava that road access barely reached until the 1950s, issued its own fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War — a direct consequence of the acute coin shortage that paralyzed small transactions across Republican-held Catalonia from mid-1936 onward. Municipal councils throughout the region were authorized to print their own emergency notes (moneda local) to fill the gap left by hoarded silver and copper coinage.
Imprenta Trayter in Figueres handled production for numerous Empordà-area municipalities during this period, printing on card stock rather than conventional banknote paper. The Turró catalogue remains the standard reference for these Catalan Civil War emissions.