0.25 Pesetas Begues

Features

Issuer Municipality of Begues (Province of Barcelona)
Period Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type Local banknote
Year 1937
Value 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition Paper
Size 94 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
330868
References Turró# 345
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

Imprenta El Secretariat Català, 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: Begues - Province: Barcelona - Autonomous community: Catalonia

NOTE: There is a similar banknote, with the same date of issue printed in brown on obverse and green on reverse (without Series), with reference Turró # 342 (see image below from the authorized website Filatelia Monge)

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1937-May-24  4 000 Issued on 1937-Oct-19

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