Catalog
0.50 Pesetas Coll de Nargó
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Coll de Nargó |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE COLL DE NARGÒ VAL per 0`50 Ptes. (Translation: Municipal Council of Coll de Nargò Voucher for 0.50 Pesetas) |
| Reverse description | Plain yellowed card stock reverse, entirely blank of printed matter, bearing two manuscript signatures of municipal officials — one identified by the title of President and one by the title of Cashier — applied in black ink in cursive script. |
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Coll de Nargó is a small municipality in the Alt Urgell comarca of Catalonia, and like hundreds of similar towns, it was forced to issue its own emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War after the Republic's metal coinage disappeared from circulation almost immediately in 1936. These municipally-issued vals filled the void left by hoarded coins, and their legal standing was perpetually ambiguous — tolerated rather than formally authorized.
At this size and on card stock, durability in daily use was limited. Turró catalogues the series but survival rates for Coll de Nargó emissions are low even by the standards of Catalan Civil War local issues.