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50 Céntimos Albatera
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Albatera |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 95 × 58 mm |
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| Obverse description | Teal and pink letterpress note with a geometric border enclosing a central lozenge-shaped panel bearing the large denomination numeral '50 Cts' on a pink underprint. The upper field carries the issuer name 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' at left and 'ALBATERA' in bold capitals at right. Below the central vignette, three signature lines are printed for El Presidente, El Interventor, and El Depositario, each accompanied by a manuscript signature, with a circular official stamp partially visible at centre-right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse in greenish-blue letterpress on unadorned paper, carrying only the issuer name and denomination text within a simple geometric frame, consistent with the austere production standards typical of Spanish Civil War municipal emergency issues. |
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Albatera was a small agricultural municipality in the province of Alicante, and like hundreds of Republican-controlled towns during the Civil War, it was forced to print its own fractional currency after the hoarding and disappearance of metal coinage created a practical crisis for everyday transactions. These local emergency emissions — known collectively as papel moneda de guerra — were typically authorised by the municipal council and backed by nothing more concrete than local confidence and administrative necessity.
The three signatures here follow the standard Republican municipal format. The Depositario signing only as "Inés" — no surname recorded — is an oddity worth noting in provenance research.