2 Pesetas Batea

Features

Issuer	Municipality of Batea (Province of Tarragona)
Period	Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type	Emergency banknotes
Value	2 Pesetas (2 ESP)
Currency	Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition	Paper (Thick paper or card stock)
Size	72 × 51 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 332287
References	Turró# 318, 321 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# – Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2^nd Edition). Expo Galería.

Obverse

Lettering in black on pink cardboard, framed with double dotted line

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 Pessetes
AJUNTAMENT de BATEA
Val DOS Pessetes

Translation:
2 Pesetas
City Council of Batea
Voucher Two Pesetas

Reverse

Blank reverse with Municipal stamped seal

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONSELL MUNICIPAL
BATEA

Translation:
Municipal Council
Batea

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: Batea - Province: Tarragona - Autonomous community: Catalonia

NOTE:: Two similar issues (2nd and 3rd) of 2 Pesetas, 1 Peseta and 50 Centimos banknotes were made. In all of them the design remained unchanged, with the only difference in existence or not of the Treasurer's signature.

2nd ISSUE 2 Pesetas, Turró#318, WITH Treasurer's signature on obverse.

3rd ISSUE 2 Pesetas, Turró#321, WITHOUT Treasurer's signature on obverse. (Image of this page)

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Date	No. printed	References
Undetermined
ND	1 000	Turró# 318 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.
ND	1 000	Turró# 321 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.

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