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1 Peseta Argentera
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de l'Argentera |
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| Reference(s) | Turró#201 |
| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue on cream card stock, the face is enclosed by a scalloped rectangular border. The issuing authority 'CONSELL MUNICIPAL' appears in bold capitals at the top, with 'ARGENTERA' centred below, separated by a short rule and a small ornamental asterisk. A serial number field preceded by 'Núm.' occupies the centre, and the denomination 'Val 1 Pta.' is set in large bold letterpress type across the lower portion. A circular violet official stamp is applied over the centre of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL ARGENTERA Núm. Val 1 Pta. (Translation: Municipal Council Argentera / Serial No. / Voucher 1 Peseta) |
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The Consell Municipal de l'Argentera issued this emergency local currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republican zone suffered an acute shortage of small-denomination coinage. Municipalities across Catalonia — including tiny villages — were authorized under the Generalitat's 1936 emergency decrees to print their own fractional notes and cardboard vouchers to keep local commerce functional. L'Argentera, a small town in the Camp de Tarragona with only a few hundred inhabitants at the time, produced one of the more modest issues in the Turró catalog.
The thick card format is characteristic of these Catalan wartime emissions — essentially printed on whatever stock was available locally. Survival rates vary wildly across the series; issues from smaller municipalities were often never formally withdrawn and simply disintegrated in use.