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25 Céntimos Torelló
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Torelló |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Original Banknote lettering: CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE TORELLÓ UNA PESSETA TORELLÓ, MAIG DE 1937 DE CURS LOCAL OBLIGATORI New lettering added: 25 Vint-i-cinc cèntims (Translation: Original Banknote lettering: Municipal Council of Torelló One Peseta Torelló, May 1937 Mandatory Local Currency New lettering added: 25 Twenty-five Centimos) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue with a central rectangular text panel surrounded by a decorative floral border and a background of horizontal line guilloche. The guarantee text, affirming that the emission is backed by an equivalent reserve in Bank of Spain notes deposited with Banca Pujol Subirachs i Cia, is set within the frame. The face value '25' is overprinted in red, referencing the original 1 Peseta denomination of the underlying note. |
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Torelló is a small industrial town in the Osona comarca of Catalonia, and like hundreds of Catalan and Spanish municipalities during 1936–37, its local council was forced to print its own fractional currency when Republican Spain's small-change supply collapsed under wartime hoarding and metal shortages. These emergency municipal issues — collectively known as "guerra civil" local notes — were legal only within the issuing municipality, which meant a note from Torelló was worthless the moment you crossed into the next town.
The C.A.M. printer in Barcelona handled a substantial volume of these small council commissions, making Turró the essential reference for attribution.