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50 Céntimos Agramunt
| Issuer | Ajuntament d'Agramunt (Municipality of Agramunt) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| In circulation to | 31 March 1938 |
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| Obverse description | Left panel contains an oval-shaped vignette with the coat of arms of Agramunt — a fleur-de-lis above stylised clouds, set against vertical stripes within a pointed arch border — printed in red and yellow. The main field to the right carries the issuing authority name in bold letterpress, followed by the payment obligation text in italic script, the denomination in large capitals, and the guarantee clause referencing the Banca Arnús, all dated April 1937. An expiry notice reading 'Fineix al 31 de març del 1938' appears at upper left, with a manuscript serial number at upper right and two manuscript signatures with role designations at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Left two-thirds of the reverse are occupied by a classical allegorical vignette in blue, showing a seated female figure in antique drapery and laurel wreath, holding a sheaf of wheat ears in her right hand with a basket of fruit at her feet, set against a radiating sunburst guilloche background. The denomination numeral '50' in large outline figures and the word 'CÈNTIMS' appear in the right panel within a plain ruled border. The issuing authority legend is centred below the vignette, and a printer's imprint appears at lower left. |
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Agramunt is a small town in the Lleida province of Catalonia, and like hundreds of other Spanish municipalities it issued its own fractional paper money during the Civil War after metallic coins vanished from circulation almost entirely in 1936–37. These local issues — known collectively as "moneda local" or "papel moneda municipal" — were a purely practical response to the breakdown of the national monetary supply, not a political statement by the town itself.
Printed by a local press, Pera d'Agramunt, rather than any specialized security printer, the watermarked paper is the only meaningful anti-counterfeiting measure present — a notable choice for such a small-run municipal issue.