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50 Cèntims 2nd Issue
| Issuer | Consell General de les Valls d'Andorra |
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| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light beige note produced entirely by letterpress in brown ink, with all text in Catalan arranged within an ornamental rectangular border frame. The Andorra coat of arms is set as a central vignette in the upper portion, flanked by denomination and issuing authority inscriptions. The composition is typographic in character, with decorative framing ornaments serving as the sole graphic element beyond the arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | (EXTRACTE del DÉCRET No 112 del Consell General de les Valls d`Andorra) Els presents vales estan integrament garantits per bitllets del Banc Nacional d`Espanya i, sota la responsabilitat del M. I. Consell General de les Valls d`Andorra. Essent els Presents vales divisionaris dels bitllets del Banc d`Espanya de valor de vint-i-cinc pessetes i superiors, - s`enten els bitllets que`s troban ja en circulació en aquesta data - seguiran les mateixes fluctuacions que les suportades per els mencionats bitllets espanyols. Aquets vales serán reintegrats el mès tard, el 31 desembre 1938. (Translation: (Extract of Decree No 112 of the General Council of the Andorra Valleys) The present vouchers are fully guaranteed by banknotes from the National Bank of Spain and, under the responsibility of the M.I. Consell General de les Valls d`Andorra. Being the present divisional vouchers of Bank of Spain notes of twenty-five pesetas and above, - notes that are already in circulation on this date are understood - they will follow the same fluctuations as those borne by the aforementioned Spanish banknotes. These vouchers will be refunded the latest, on December 31, 1938.) |
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Andorra issued its first domestic paper currency in 1936 under the Consell General — the co-principality's parliament — partly because the Spanish Civil War was disrupting the flow of Spanish and French coins across the border. These notes were a local stopgap, not a banking instrument in any conventional sense, printed in small quantities for a population that numbered only a few thousand at the time.
The 2nd Issue designation reflects a rapid revision of the initial 1936 series, though the precise trigger for the reissue is not well documented. Andorran notes from this period survive in surprisingly varied conditions given how few people handled them.