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5000 Pesetas Institut Català del Sol
| Issuer | Institut Català del Sol |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
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| Reverse description | Brown guilloche underprint on cream paper with two large circular lathe-work rosettes flanking a central oval vignette. The oval contains the four red and yellow vertical bars of the Catalan senyera arms within a decorative cartouche. The issuer's name arcs above the central vignette and 'PAPER DE FIANCES' curves below; red serial number printed at upper right and lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL SOL PAPER DE FIANCES 5,000 (Translation: CATALAN INSTITUTE OF THE SUN BAIL PAPER 5,000) |
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The Institut Català del Sol was a Catalan satirical organization, and this note is not legal tender — it is a fantasy or novelty piece, almost certainly produced as a political commentary during the early post-Franco transition years when Catalan autonomy was a live and contentious issue. The 1979 Statute of Autonomy had just restored the Generalitat de Catalunya, and separatist cultural gestures took many forms, printed currency among them.
No issuing banking authority by this name has ever existed. Collectors should catalog it under ephemera or political satire rather than circulating currency.