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25 Céntimos La Riera de Gaià
| Issuer | Ajuntament de La Riera de Gaià |
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| Size | 60 × 32 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown letterpress on light pink card stock, the obverse carries the issuer name 'Ajuntament de La Riera de Gaià' in bold capitals across the top, underlined by a double decorative rule with a dotted ornamental border. Below, the face value inscription 'VAL per 25 cèntims' is set in two lines of serif type. A faint watermark-style text reading 'GAIÀ' is visible at the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black letterpress on light pink card stock, the reverse displays the face value '25 cèntims' in bold serif numerals and text, framed above and below by simple geometric ornamental rules. The overall design is minimal, relying on typographic elements rather than pictorial imagery. |
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La Riera de Gaià is a small municipality in the Camp de Tarragona, and this 25 céntimos note is one of the hundreds of emergency fractional issues that flooded Catalonia after the summer of 1936, when the Civil War severed normal coin supply lines and local councils were left to improvise their own small change. Imprenta Solé in Tarragona printed for numerous surrounding municipalities during this period, which is why design and stock choices across the region look so similar — the printer was essentially running a cottage industry in emergency currency.
At 60 × 32 mm on thick card, it was built to survive pocket wear better than standard paper, a practical concession to the reality that these notes would circulate hard in local shops with no prospect of early redemption.