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50 Céntimos Artesa de Lleida
| Issuer | Ajuntament d'Artesa de Lleida |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain white note printed in dark blue letterpress throughout, enclosed within a triple-rule rectangular border with the denomination '50 cts.' repeated in each corner. The issuer's name 'L'AJUNTAMENT D'ARTESA DE LLEIDA' appears in bold capitals across the top, followed by the obligation text in Catalan, the denomination 'CINQUANTA cèntims' in large italic type, and the authorizing resolution date. Spaces for the signatures of L'Alcalde, El Conseller de Finances, and L'Interventor are printed below, with the serial number and the printer's imprint 'IMP. PAYÀ-LLEIDA' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Curs obligatori a Artesa de Lleida Dipòsit al Banc d'Espanya Val CINQUANTA cèntims (Translation: Mandatory currency at Artesa de Lleida Deposit at the Bank of Spain Worth Fifty Centimos) |
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One of hundreds of municipal emergency issues printed across Catalonia during the Civil War, this note was authorized under the decree that allowed local governments to issue small-denomination scrip to address the chronic shortage of coins — silver and copper had been hoarded or melted almost immediately after July 1936. Imprenta Payà in Lleida produced notes for several nearby municipalities during this period, working under significant constraints of both material and time.
Artesa de Lleida fell behind Republican lines until the Nationalist advance of early 1938. Notes from this municipality circulated for a narrow window.