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50 Céntimos Alcira
| Issuer | Alcira, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE ALCIRA VALE CINCUENTA CÉNTIMOS DE PESETA Canjeable en este Consejo Municipal, valedero solamente en este término. Alcira, Mayo de 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council of Alcira Value Fifty Centimos of Peseta Redeemable in this Municipal Council, valid only in this term. Alcira, May 1937.) |
| Reverse description | Orange-yellow note with a decorative perimeter border incorporating geometric motifs and fruit vignettes. The central vignette presents a view of the Bridge of San Bernardo spanning the River Júcar, a local landmark emblematic of Alcira. The denomination and town name are rendered in bold letterpress typography. |
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Alcira — now officially Alzira — issued emergency fractional notes in 1937 as part of the broader Valencian municipal money crisis during the Spanish Civil War. The Republican zone suffered an acute shortage of hard currency and small-denomination coinage almost from the war's outset, forcing hundreds of municipalities across Spain to print their own scrip. Most of these issues had no formal banking infrastructure behind them whatsoever.
The Turró and Garicatalogues treat this series separately due to documented signature and paper variants — the B suffix in Garicano's numbering reflects a distinct emission, not a simple reprint.