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25 Céntimos Collbató
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Collbató |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | The municipal coat of arms of Collbató is centred on the obverse, set against a panoramic vignette of the town with the massif of Montserrat rising in the background. The denomination appears in both numeral and written form in Catalan. A redemption notice specifying the deadline of 1 June 1938 is printed across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE COLLBATÓ 25 CTS. VINT-I-VINC CTS. Aquest bitllet haurà de presentar-se a reemborsament abans del 1r de juny del 1938 (Translation: City Council of Collbató 25 Centimos Twenty-five Centimos This banknote must be presented for reimbursement before June 1, 1938) |
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Collbató is a small municipality in the Baix Llobregat, and like dozens of Catalan towns during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional paper currency after the Republican government's decree of September 1936 authorized local authorities to print emergency change. The national coinage had effectively vanished — hoarded, melted, or simply absent in rural areas — and markets could not function without small denominations.
Pere Calmell was a Barcelona commercial printer, not a specialized security printer, which is typical of the Catalan municipal issues cataloged in Turró's reference. The notes were functional objects, not designed to last.