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25 Céntimos Castellví de la Marca
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Castellví de la Marca |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress note with a fine serrated-rule border running the full perimeter. The denomination '25 cèntims' appears in a ruled rectangular box at the left, with the issuing authority's text in two lines across the upper field. Below, the place and date 'Castellví de la Marca, 30 d'abril 1937' are centered, flanked by three printed signature blocks identifying the Secretari Interventor, L'Alcalde, and El Dipositari, with a serial number line reading 'Sèrie B número' at the foot. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Castellví de la Marca is a small municipality in Alt Penedès, and like hundreds of Catalan and Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional paper currency when Republican-zone metallic coin effectively vanished from circulation in 1936–37. These locally produced notes — technically "moneda local" or "vals" — filled a genuine transactional vacuum at the market and shop level, authorised by Republican decree but designed and printed entirely at the town's own initiative and expense.
Three signatories for a 25-céntimo note from a village of a few hundred people is unusually formal. The official stamp was the primary anti-counterfeiting measure — engraving was simply not an option at this scale.