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50 Céntimos Almacelles
| Issuer | Almacelles, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 94 × 46 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note enclosed within a dotted guilloche border. The Coat of Arms of the Generalitat de Catalunya appears as a vignette to the left of the central text block, which contains the authorizing legend in Catalan. A large green underprint reading '50 CENTIMS' spans the lower portion of the note, with series letter and six-digit serial number printed in the lower left. Three manuscript signature lines for El President, El Caixer, and L'Interventor appear across the centre, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 CTS. CONSELL MUNICIPAL D'ALMACELLES La Depositaria del Consell reconeix a favor del portador la quantitat de 50 cèntims en virtut de l'acord del 18 de març del 1937. El President, El Caixer, L'Interventor. SÈRIE F. (Translation: 50 Centimos Municipal Council of Almacelles The Depositary of the Council recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of 50 centimos under the agreement of 18 March 1937. The President, The Cashier, The Controller. Series F.) |
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Almacelles is a small agricultural municipality in the Lleida plain, and this 50 céntimos note is a product of the anarchist-influenced local wartime economy of Republican Catalonia in 1937. With the Nationalist advance disrupting normal banking channels and the Republican government struggling to push sufficient small-denomination coinage into circulation, hundreds of Catalan municipalities issued their own paper or cardboard currency — a phenomenon that reached its peak that year.
Imprenta Sol in Lleida produced notes for numerous nearby municipalities during this period, which means the printing quality is consistent but the designs often run thin on artistry. Turró documents over a thousand such local issues; Almacelles is among the more obscure entries in that catalog.