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2 Pesetas Portbou
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Port-Bou |
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| Size | 84 × 50 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 CONSELL MUNICIPAL PORT-BOU 2 PESSETES (Translation: Municipal Council Port-Bou 2 Pesetas) |
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| Reverse lettering | SERIE A Dues pessetes (Translation: Series A Two Pesetas) |
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Port-Bou's wartime municipal scrip emerged from the complete collapse of small-denomination coinage circulation during the Spanish Civil War. By 1936–37, Republican-zone municipalities across Catalonia were issuing their own paper emergency money simply to keep local commerce functioning — the central government had neither the capacity nor the coin stock to supply them. The Consell Municipal de Port-Bou, a small border town on the French frontier, was no exception.
The border location is the detail worth noting. Port-Bou was a major transit point for refugees, supplies, and arms crossing into Republican Spain, giving this otherwise minor municipal emission an unusual circulation audience.