25 Céntimos Begues

Features

Location	Municipality of Begues (Province of Barcelona)
Issuing entity	City Council of Begues
Period	Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type	Local banknote
Year	1937
Value	25 Céntimos (0.25 ESP)
Currency	Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition	Paper
Size	95 × 70 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 330867
References	Turró# 342 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

Oval framed tree on the left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
L'Ajuntament de BEGUES
pagarà al portador la quantitat de 0'25 Pessetes
segons acord del 18 de maig del 1937
Begues, el 24 de maig del 1937
De curs local obligatori.

Translation:
The City Council of Begues
will pay the bearer the amount of 0.25 Pesetas
according to the agreement of May 18, 1937
Begues, May 24, 1937
Mandatory local course.

Reverse

Legend framed in ornamental perimeter

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Ajuntament de BEGUES
0'25 PTES.

Translation:
City Council of Begues
0.25 Pesetas

Printer

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: Begues - Province: Barcelona -  Autonomous community: Catalonia

NOTE: There is a similar banknote, with the same date of issue but created on October 19, 1937 printed in black on both sides (Series A), with reference Turró # 345 (see image below from the authorized website Filatelia Monge)

See also

• Tree

• 25 Céntimos (Begues)
• 50 Céntimos (Begues)
• 1 Peseta (Begues)

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