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50 Céntimos Aras de Alpuente
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Aras de Alpuente |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress composition on plain card stock, with an oversized bold numeral '50' occupying the left half of the face. To the right, the issuing authority is set in two registers reading 'Consejo Municipal' above 'DE' — flanked by horizontal rules — followed by 'ARAS DE ALPUENTE' in bold capitals; the denomination 'céntimos' appears in bold serif type at the lower right, underscored by a double rule. All lettering is printed in black ink with no pictorial vignette or decorative underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 céntimos Consejo Municipal DE ARAS DE ALPUENTE (Translation: 50 Centimos / Municipal Council / of / Aras de Alpuente) |
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Aras de Alpuente is a small municipality in Valencia's interior, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency when the Republic's coinage supply collapsed in 1936–37. These municipal notes — collectively catalogued under the *Guerra Civil* emergency issues — were produced locally, often on whatever card stock was at hand, with no central oversight of design or quality. The Consejo Municipal had no printing infrastructure, which shows.
The Gari Mon reference places this among the rarer Valencia provincial issues. Aras de Alpuente had a population of a few hundred; survival rates for its emissions are correspondingly low.