Paper currency of the Generalitat de Catalunya

The paper money of the Generalitat of Catalonia is the issue of banknotes made by the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1938.

The great shortage of fractional currency motivated by the hoarding of silver coins, as a safe haven, by private individuals, aggravated by the fact that the Generalitat itself removed these coins to buy abroad. / p> The Ministry of Economy of the Generalitat of Catalonia directed in those months by Josep Tarradellas, in September of 1936 created the Catalan National Currency Paper of legal course in all Catalonia with the same consideration and liberating power that the banknotes of the Bank of Spain .

It was projected and tested for color and design bills from 1,000 pesetas to those of a peseta, but finally were not issued any more than those of 10, 5 and 2.5 pesetas that did not solve the problem of lack of fractional cash. It should be noted that in 1936 the average salary of a worker was 8 to 12 pesetas a day and the cents were used a lot.

Therefore, apart from the paper currency of the Generalitat, shops and shops issue vouchers and bonds for the change and finally also the municipalities (both in Catalonia and Valencia and Menorca) were authorized by the issue of currency. p>

In 1938 the government of the Republic banned the issuance of this type of currency and during the same year were withdrawn from circulation.

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