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0.50 Peseta Estopiñán
| Uitgever | Municipality of Estopiñán |
|---|---|
| Jaar | |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain light-coloured ground bearing a large circular municipal seal applied in violet ink, with a serrated outer border. The stamp legend reads 'ESTOPIÑÁN (Huesca)' and includes date numerals, along with a small decorative device at centre; a handwritten signature appears at lower right. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Circular municipal seal in violet ink applied by hand to authenticate the note |
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| Opmerkingen |
Municipal emergency notes of this kind proliferated across Aragón and Catalonia during the early months of the Spanish Civil War, when the Republican government's failure to distribute small-denomination coinage left local economies effectively paralyzed. Estopiñán — a small town in the Ribagorza district of Huesca province — issued fractional paper alongside dozens of similarly sized municipalities, most of which had no printing infrastructure whatsoever.
The official stamp substituting for formal security printing is characteristic of the type: authority authenticated through bureaucratic impression rather than engraving. Many of these notes were redeemed locally and destroyed; survivors tend to come from outside circulation entirely.