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25 Céntimos Esparreguera
| Issuer | Consell Municipal d'Esparreguera |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the coat of arms of Esparreguera, framed by ornamental borders incorporating fruit motifs. Lateral panels carry geometric guilloche underprint patterns. All text is set in letterpress within the central field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 cts. 25 Aquest bitllet s`ha de presentar obligatòriament al reembors el 31 desembre del 1938. (Translation: 25 Centimos 25 This banknote must be submitted compulsorily to the refund on December 31, 1938.) |
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Esparreguera is a small town in the Baix Llobregat comarca, southwest of Barcelona. During the Civil War, hundreds of Catalan municipalities issued their own fractional currency after the Republican government's metallic coin supply collapsed in 1936–37. These locally printed notes — collectively catalogued under the billetes locales category — were typically valid only within the issuing municipality, sometimes for weeks before being superseded or repudiated.
Imprenta Bas in Igualada printed for several nearby councils during this period, which occasionally makes attribution tricky when undated printer's proofs surface without municipal stamps.