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25 Céntimos Fruiters
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Fruiters (Municipality of Fruiters) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of a fruit tree, symbolic of the municipality's name, occupies the left portion of the note within a decorative frame with ornamental border. The issuing authority's name appears in bold letterpress at the upper right, with the denomination printed in large characters at centre. Signature lines for the Alcalde (mayor) and Treasurer appear at the lower portion, with the denomination value repeated at both lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE FRUITERS La Tesoreria reconeix a favor del portador la quantitat de VINT-I-CINC CÈNTIMS en virtut de l`acord pres en la sessió del dia 26 de Març del 1937 Fruiters, 1er d`Abril 1937 0`25 (Translation: City Council of Fruiters The Treasury recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of Twenty-five Centimos under the agreement reached at the meeting of March 26, 1937 Fruiters, April 1, 1937) |
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One of thousands of emergency fractional notes — "moneda de necessitat" — issued by Catalan municipalities during the Civil War after the Republic's small coins effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted down almost immediately after July 1936. The Generalitat could not keep pace with demand for low-denomination currency, so individual town councils filled the gap themselves, often with rudimentary printing and no central oversight.
Fruiters is a small municipality in the comarca of Pla d'Urgell. Its emission is catalogued by Turró but remains obscure even within the specialized field of Spanish Civil War local issues.