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25 Céntims Capçanes
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Capçanes |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Printer | Imprenta Solé, Tarragona, Spain |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the Coat of Arms of Catalonia as a central vignette, printed in violet over a light green guilloche underprint with ornamental geometric patterning. The issuer's name and promise-to-pay legend are set in violet letterpress across the face, with the denomination and date of issue incorporated into the text. A scalloped violet border frames the entire note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in violet on a light green guilloche underprint composed of interlocking geometric and floral rosette patterns. The issuer's name appears in bold letterpress across the upper portion, with the serial number and series designation to the left and the denomination numeral and unit to the right. Three pairs of stylised floral ornaments are arranged vertically on the left margin, and a scalloped violet border frames the design. |
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Capçanes is a small wine-producing village in the Priorat comarca of Tarragona, and like hundreds of Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, its town council issued its own fractional paper currency when Republican Spain's small-change shortage became acute in 1936–37. The central government in Valencia had effectively lost control of the copper and silver coinage supply, and local councils stepped in with whatever printing resources were at hand. Imprenta Solé in Tarragona handled a significant number of these municipal issues across the province.
Turró catalogues this as #652, placing it within a well-documented but enormous body of Catalan wartime local paper — over a thousand distinct issues.