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5 Pesetas Generalitat de Catalunya, Trial
| Issuer | Generalitat de Catalunya |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of Catalonia is positioned to the left, flanked by an ear of wheat and a hammer as allegorical symbols of agriculture and industry respectively. The face bears the denomination numeral 5 alongside extensive Catalan-language text acknowledging the bearer's entitlement to five pesetas under the Decree of 11 September 1936. The date Barcelona, 15 September 1940 appears in the lower inscription block. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 PTES. PRESIDENT FRANCESC MACIÀ GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA (Translation: 5 Pesetas President Francesc Macia Government of Catalonia) |
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The Generalitat de Catalunya lost its autonomous government following Franco's forces entering Barcelona in January 1939, making any currency issued under that name in 1940 politically impossible within Spain. A trial piece dated 1940 suggests this was prepared in exile — the Generalitat maintained a government-in-exile, initially in France — rather than for actual domestic circulation, which never happened.
Turró's catalog remains the authoritative reference for Catalan civil war and transitional issues. The PGC-1 designation places this at the head of a series that effectively went nowhere.