1 Peseta Girona

Features

Issuer Municipality of Girona (Province of Girona)
Period Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type Local banknote
Year 1937
Value 1 Peseta (1 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition Paper
Size 105 × 65 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
296800
References Turró# 1121
Antoni Turró i Martínez; 2007. Les Emissions Monetàries oficials de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939) / I: Andorra, Illes Balears i Catalunya (Generalitat I Locals) (1st Edition). Societat Catalana d’Estudis Numismàtics, Barcelona.

Obverse

Local coat of arms on the left, woman with raised fist, symbolizing victory and guiding the soldiers of the Republican Army.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONSELL MUNICIPAL
GIRONA
1 PESSETA

Translation:
Municipal Council
Girona
1 Peseta

Reverse

View of the "Pujada o Escalinata de Sant Martí" with the arcade of the Palace of the Viscount on the left and the church of Sant Martí Sacosta in the background.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNA PESSETA
1
emissió abril 1937
bitllet de curs obligatori a Girona

Translation:
One PEseta
issue April 1937
mandatory course banknote in Girona

Printer

Grafos Col·lectivitzada, Barcelona, Spain

Comments

Local Spanish Civil War banknotes: Created by municipalities, cooperatives, unions and other organizations due to the scarcity of fiduciary currency in small purchases and exchanges during the Spanish Civil War.

Municipality: Girona - Province: Girona - Autonomous community: Catalonia

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1937-Apr  455 000 Serie A

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