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1 Peseta Tàrrega

Features

Issuer Municipality of Tàrrega (Province of Lleida)
Period Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type Emergency banknotes
Year 1937
Value 1 Peseta (1 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition Paper
Size 92 × 56 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
279989
References Turró# 2441, 2444
Antoni Turró i Martínez; 2007. Les Emissions Monetàries oficials de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939): I: Andorra, Illes Balears i Catalunya (Generalitat i Locals) = The official Monetary Issues of the Civil War (1936-1939). Societat Catalana d'Estudis Numismàtics, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain.
, Gari Mon# 1404-A, 1404-E
Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2nd Edition). Expo Galería.

Obverse

Green lettering and shell framing on greenish yellow background with local emblem

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1
AJUNTAMENT DE TARREGA
CERTIFICAT DE PLATA
UNA PESSETA D'ÚS FORÇÓS SOLAMENT A TARREGA
AGOST DEL 1937

Translation:
City Council of Tàrrega
Silver Certificate
One Peseta of forced use only in Tàrrega
August 1937

Reverse

Dark/light green lettering with top and bottom ornamental designs

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ADVERTIMENT
Aquest paper-moneda és transitori i l'Ajuntament garanteix el seu import.

Translation:
Warning
This paper money is transitory and the City Council guarantees its amount.

Printer

Imprenta Crònica Targarina, Tàrrega, 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: Tàrrega - Province: Lleida - Autonomous community: Catalonia

NOTE:: Two issues of 1 Peseta and 25 Centimos banknotes were made, with the only difference in the date of issue, the color tone (hard to distinguish) and the serial number.

1st ISSUE (February, 1937) 1 Peseta, Turró#2441, Serial number from 00001 to 40000. (Image below from Aureo & Calicó website)


2nd ISSUE (August, 1937) 1 Peseta, Turró#2444, Serial number from 40001 to 70000. (Image below from Subastas Ibercoin website)

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1937-Feb  40 000 Turró# 2441
Antoni Turró i Martínez; 2007. Les Emissions Monetàries oficials de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939): I: Andorra, Illes Balears i Catalunya (Generalitat i Locals) = The official Monetary Issues of the Civil War (1936-1939). Societat Catalana d'Estudis Numismàtics, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain.
, Gari Mon# 1404-A
Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2nd Edition). Expo Galería.
1st Issue (See comments)
1937-Aug  30 000 Turró# 2444
Antoni Turró i Martínez; 2007. Les Emissions Monetàries oficials de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939): I: Andorra, Illes Balears i Catalunya (Generalitat i Locals) = The official Monetary Issues of the Civil War (1936-1939). Societat Catalana d'Estudis Numismàtics, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain.
, Gari Mon# 1404-E
Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2nd Edition). Expo Galería.
2nd Issue (See comments)

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