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50 Céntimos Alba del Vallès
| Issuer | Ajuntament d'Alba del Vallès |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two distinct zones printed in brown on cream paper. The left zone carries an oval letterpress control stamp inscribed "AJUNTAMENT D'ALBA" with the year "Any 1937" and the legal tender legend "De curs legal en aquesta localitat" at centre, alongside a serial number. The right zone is filled with a dense geometric guilloche pattern of repeated scroll rosettes arranged in a grid, with the face value "VAL 50 CTS." set in large bold type at centre. |
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| Protection type | Control stamp |
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One of hundreds of locally issued emergency notes — moneda de paper — that flooded Catalonia during the Civil War years after the collapse of small-denomination coinage in circulation. The Ajuntament d'Alba del Vallès, a small municipality in the Vallès Oriental comarca, issued this note under the broad Republican authority that allowed town councils to produce fractional currency to keep local commerce functioning. Turró catalogued the series, which gives it traceable identity, but the printing and paper quality across these municipal issues varied enormously.
The control stamp is the only security measure — characteristic of the lesser-resourced ayuntamientos.