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25 Céntimos Caldes de Montbui
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Caldes de Montbui |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a pale orange-brown underprint of the municipal coat of arms of Caldes de Montbui, over which an allegorical vignette is centrally placed. The denomination numeral '25' appears in circular cartouches at left and right, with the issuing authority legend running across the upper margin. Two manuscript signatures at the foot, attributable to the Alcalde-President and the Secretary, are accompanied by a serial number. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a letterpress vignette of the baroque portal of the parish church of Caldes de Montbui, framed by monolithic Solomonic columns dating from 1701. Text across the lower portion of the note states the denomination and the issuer's obligation of redemption prior to 1 September 1938. |
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One of hundreds of small-denomination emergency notes issued by Catalan municipalities during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republic's central monetary system had effectively collapsed and local governments scrambled to fill the coin shortage caused by hoarding and wartime disruption. The Ajuntament de Caldes de Montbui — a spa town north of Barcelona known since Roman times for its thermal springs — issued this 25 céntimos piece as functional small change, not as a financial instrument of any sophistication.
Turró catalogs these Catalan municipal issues exhaustively; #599 places this note within a dense cluster of 1937 Barcelona-province emissions, most printed on whatever stock was locally available.