25 Pesetas Tivissa

Tivissa — the Catalan spelling used on the note itself, despite the Castilian "Tivisa" recorded in some catalog references — was one of hundreds of Catalan municipalities that issued emergency fractional and small-denomination currency during the early months of the Spanish Civil War. The Republican government's failure to maintain adequate coin circulation in 1936 forced town councils across Catalonia to print their own paper. These municipally issued notes, collectively known as moneda local or paper moneda, had no formal authorization at the outset — the Generalitat only moved to regulate them retroactively.

Thick card stock was the common solution when proper banknote paper was unavailable, and Tivissa's issue reflects that improvised production. Turró catalogues over 2,400 distinct municipal issues from this period; #2481 places Tivissa firmly in the middle of that sprawl.