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5 Céntimos Fonts de Sacalm
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Fonts de Sacalm |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | A central vignette presents a lithographic view of the Fonts de Sacalm School Group building (Grup Escolar Fonts de Sacalm), set within a rectangular frame. The denomination "5 cts." appears in two circular cartouches at the upper left and lower right corners, with a guilloche-style lined panel filling the upper right area. The main legend is set in large display lettering across the lower half of the note, printed in red throughout on white paper. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 cts. GRUP ESCOLAR FONTS DE SACALM DIPÓSIT ESPECIAL DE GARANTÍA PEL PAPER EN CIRCULACIÓ. (Translation: 5 Centimos Fonts de Sacalm School Group Special guarantee deposit for paper in circulation) |
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Fonts de Sacalm — now known as Balneari de Fonts de Sacalm, a small spa town in the Girona province — was one of hundreds of Catalan municipalities that issued emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's coin supply collapsed in 1936–37. The Generalitat de Catalunya authorized local authorities to print their own low-denomination notes to keep daily commerce moving, which produced an extraordinary proliferation of hyper-local issues, most in tiny print runs.
Imprenta Litografia Sabadell y Cia. in Barcelona handled a significant volume of these municipal commissions, which is why the production quality across different issuing towns often looks strikingly similar despite carrying different names.