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5 Centimos Barcelona; Doctor Andreu - Colectividad Obrera
| Issuer | Colectividad Obrera Doctor Andreu - Productos Farmacéuticos, Barcelona |
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| Year | 1936-1939 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Cream card stock printed in green throughout. The issuer's name appears in large cursive script at top, followed by block-lettered text identifying the workers' collective and pharmaceutical enterprise, with a registered trademark circle at right. A double horizontal rule separates the upper text block from the bold denomination legend at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Doctor Andreu COLECTIVIDAD OBRERA · PRODUCTOS FARMACÉUTICOS · BARCELONA VALE CINCO CENTS. |
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Doctor Andreu was a well-known pharmaceutical brand in Barcelona, and during the Civil War the workers at its factory — collectivized under anarcho-syndicalist control after July 1936 — issued their own fractional currency to keep wages and internal transactions moving when small coin had effectively vanished from circulation. Thousands of Spanish enterprises, collectives, and municipalities did the same; the result was a chaotic but functioning parallel economy running alongside the Republic's official issues.
The card stock construction was deliberate — thicker material resisted rapid wear in the hands of factory workers and held up better in pocket circulation than standard banknote paper.