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50 Céntimos Aitona
| Issuer | Consell Municipal d'Aitona |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark navy blue letterpress on cream-coloured card stock, the face carries the issuer title 'CONSELL MUNICIPAL' in bold capitals across the top, with 'AITONA' and 'FINANCES' flanking a solid diamond ornament below, separated by double rule lines. The denomination '50 cts' appears in large bold type to the right, with the value legend 'Val per' at lower centre above a solid black rectangular block. A serial number is printed vertically along the left margin, and a faint violet municipal control stamp is visible across the centre field. |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSELLERIA DE ECONOMIA de l'Ajuntament d'Aytona |
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Aitona is a small agricultural municipality in the Lleida province of Catalonia, and like hundreds of similar towns, it issued its own emergency small change during the Spanish Civil War after metallic coin effectively vanished from circulation in 1936. These local municipal issues — collectively known as "guerra civil" paper — were produced under desperate conditions, often printed on whatever stock was available, which accounts for the variable thickness that distinguishes this series from conventional banknote paper.
Turró catalogues this as #48, placing it within a well-documented but still incompletely researched body of Catalan municipal scrip. Surviving examples in any condition are genuinely scarce; the print runs were small, the paper fragile, and most notes were redeemed or simply discarded once the war ended.