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5 Céntimos Sadurní d'Anoia
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Sadurní d'Anoia |
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| Size | 41 × 26 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red on plain card stock, the obverse carries the issuing authority name at the top within a simple ruled border, flanked by small solid squares at the upper corners. The denomination is stated in large letterpress text reading 'Val per 5 céntims', with the numeral '5' rendered in a notably larger typeface. A handwritten serial number appears in black ink along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is otherwise blank on unprinted card stock, bearing only a partially legible violet oval municipal control stamp applied by hand, positioned centrally. The stamp impression is incomplete and shows only portions of the circular legend. No other design elements or text are present. |
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Sadurní d'Anoia — better known today as Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, the cava-producing town in the Alt Penedès — issued emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republican zone faced a catastrophic shortage of small coinage. These municipal vales were a direct consequence of hoarding and metal requisitions; the central government had effectively lost control of small change circulation by mid-1936, forcing hundreds of Catalan municipalities to print their own.
At 41 × 26 mm, this is about as small as printed currency gets — closer to a postage stamp than a banknote. Turró catalogs the Sadurní d'Anoia municipal issues under regional emergency issues, and survival rates for these card-stock fractionals are low; the material degrades easily and most were spent into oblivion within months of issue.