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50 Céntimos Alcañiz
| Issuer | Alcañiz, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in green on cream paper. A decorative border frames the entire design, with the Aragonese coat of arms at the upper left corner and a stylised numeral '9' at the upper right; the perimeter band is filled with continuous vignettes of agricultural and military scenes. The central field carries the large denomination box '50 Cts.' flanked by the mandatory-circulation clause on the left and the emission date on the right, with the issuing authority 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' in bold letterpress across the top and 'ALCAÑIZ' in large capitals below, a serial number and a manuscript signature of the President also present. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Cts. CONSEJO MUNICIPAL ALCAÑIZ (Translation: 50 Centimos Municipal Council of Alcañiz) |
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Alcañiz, a town in Teruel province, was behind the Republican lines for much of the early Civil War period, and like hundreds of Spanish municipalities it issued its own fractional paper currency when the central government's small change effectively disappeared from circulation. The Republican administration formally authorized this local emergency money — known as moneda local de necesidad — but coordination was loose and designs were largely left to the issuing municipalities themselves.
Teruel province saw some of the war's most brutal fighting by late 1937 and into 1938. Notes from smaller Aragonese towns in this zone had short practical lives, and survival rates reflect it.