Catalog
0.50 Pesetas Fonelas
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Fonelas |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted light-grey paper bearing a single handstamp in violet ink at centre, consisting of a circular official seal of the Consejo Municipal de Fonelas with a small heraldic device visible at its core; the legend around the circumference is partially legible and reads elements of the municipal council name. |
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| Protection description | Circular violet ink handstamp of the Consejo Municipal de Fonelas applied to the reverse as an authenticating seal. |
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| Comments |
Fonelas is a small municipality in Granada province, and like hundreds of other Spanish towns, it issued its own fractional paper money during the Civil War after metallic coin effectively vanished from circulation in 1936. These local emergency issues — known collectively as paper moneda local — were authorized under Republican decree but executed with wildly varying degrees of care. A municipal council stamp was often the only security feature anyone could manage.
The Gari Monerris catalogue reference is incomplete, suggesting this piece may be unconfirmed, a variant, or simply underresearched — not unusual for the smaller Granadan municipalities.