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5 Centimos Vic; Cafes Bars i Similars
| Issuer | Cafes Bars i Similars, Vic |
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| Year | 1936-1939 |
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| Size | 43 x 31 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress voucher printed in black on unadorned stock. The face value "Val 5 ctms." is set centrally, with the issuing entity "CAFES BARS I SIMILARS" and locality "VIC" arranged around the perimeter in capital letters. No vignette or decorative underprint is present. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse consists of plain blue-tinted fibrous paper stock with no printed design, lettering, or decorative elements whatsoever. |
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One of hundreds of fractional emergency notes issued by local businesses and municipalities across Catalonia during the Civil War, when the Republican government's inability to maintain a functioning small-change supply left commerce effectively paralyzed. The collective issuer — the guild of cafes, bars, and similar establishments in Vic — pooled resources to commission Viladot in Barcelona to print a workable substitute. That a hospitality trade association had to become a de facto monetary authority says something stark about the breakdown of 1936.
Vic produced an unusual volume and variety of Civil War local issues relative to its size, and AL#3077 is among the smaller-denomination pieces in that corpus.