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50 Céntimos Badajoz
| Issuer | Consejo Provincial de Badajoz |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Black and green note with a geometric border framing the entire face. The provincial coat of arms appears to the left, with printed text arranged in the central and right portions of the note. The overall design is typographic in character, with a plain field and no pictorial vignette beyond the armorial device. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a circular official seal bearing the provincial coat of arms at its centre, enclosed within a ring of text and surrounded by geometric ornamental designs. The composition is simple and centered, with the denomination repeated in the surrounding lettering. |
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Badajoz fell to Nationalist forces in August 1936, making this 1937 issue from the Consejo Provincial something of an administrative curiosity — emergency fractional currency issued under the new Nationalist-aligned provincial authority during a period when small-denomination coinage had effectively disappeared from circulation across both zones. The chronic shortage of centésimo coins was a Spain-wide problem by 1937, forcing local and provincial bodies throughout Republican and Nationalist territories alike to print their own substitutes.
Gari Mon catalogues two variants for this type; the B designation typically reflects a printing or signature difference from the A issue. Survival rate for Spanish Civil War provincial emergency notes varies sharply by region, and Extremadura examples turn up less frequently than those from better-documented Catalan or Basque issuers.