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50 Céntimos Álora
| Issuer | Álora, Municipality of |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain card stock in tan-beige tone with a border of small denticulated dots running along the upper and lower edges. Bold black letterpress text occupies the centre in two registers, with the issuing locality name at the foot. A large oval blue ink stamp reading 'COMITE EJECUTIVO' with the word 'ENLACE' across the centre is applied diagonally over the face, serving as an authentication mark. |
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| Obverse lettering | VALE POR cincuenta ctms. ALORA (Translation: Voucher for Fifty Centimos Álora) |
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Álora is a small municipality in Málaga province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns it issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's decree of 1936 effectively authorized local bodies to fill the coin shortage. The "Gari Mon#–" reference indicates this piece hasn't been formally catalogued in Garrido's corpus, which for a 50 céntimos municipal emission from a town of this size is not unusual — a significant number of Andalusian local issues remain incompletely documented.
The thick paper or card construction is typical of municipalities that improvised production locally rather than commissioning a print house.