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5 Pesetas Barcelona; Preventori Judicial - Economat
| Issuer | Preventori Judicial de Barcelona - Economat |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Size | 61 x 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | Typeset voucher on tan card stock with a red rectangular border frame. The issuer's name appears in red letterpress across the top, with the denomination numeral '5'00' in large red type at center-right and the unit 'PESSETES' beneath. Issuing authority, serial number prefix, date, and expiry clause are printed in black, the latter in a cursive typeface along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | PREVENTORI JUDICIAL DE BARCELONA ECONOMAT VAL PER 5'00 PESSETES Barcelona 1 d'Octubre 1938 Aquest Val caduca el 31 de desembre proper. (Translation: Judicial Prevention of Barcelona Economat Voucher for 5.00 Pesetas Barcelona, October 1, 1938 This Voucher expires on December 31st.) |
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The Preventori Judicial was Barcelona's pre-trial detention facility — what in English would approximate a remand prison. During the Civil War, Republican-controlled Catalonia saw a proliferation of internal camp and institution currencies, issued to allow detainees or staff to transact within the facility without handling standard Republican tender. This particular token note from the Economat — the internal canteen or commissary — dates to a period when Barcelona's institutions were operating under considerable administrative strain, with the city less than a year from Nationalist capture in January 1939.
The AL catalogue reference places it firmly within the documented Catalan local issues, though survival rates for prison and detention facility scrip are low; most were never redeemed and simply discarded.