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25 Céntimos Portella
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de la Portella |
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| Reference(s) | Turró#1972 |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note executed in red ink over a greenish-yellow geometric underprint, enclosed within a decorative ruled border frame. The central text field carries the denomination '25 cts.' in bold numerals alongside the issuing authority name and the guarantee legend in Catalan. The printer's imprint 'IMP. PAYÀ – LLEIDA' appears at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Completely unprinted reverse of plain pale greenish-white paper stock, bearing no design, lettering, or security features of any kind. |
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La Portella is a tiny municipality in the Noguera comarca of Catalonia, and like dozens of similarly small localities, it issued emergency paper money during the Spanish Civil War when metallic coin effectively vanished from circulation. The Generalitat de Catalunya authorized these local emissions — known as "moneda local de guerra" — from 1936 onward, and Imprenta Payà in Lleida printed for numerous small councils in the surrounding region, working under considerable logistical pressure as the front moved closer.
Turró catalogs this emission as #1972, placing it among the rarer municipal issues. La Portella's small population meant limited print runs and limited surviving stock.