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50 Céntimos Barbastro
| Issuer | Barbastro, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#232-B |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 CÉNTIMOS CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE BARBASTRO Emisión garantizada reintegrable por la Depositaría de este Consejo Barbastro 18 de Agosto de 1937 (Translation: 50 Centimos Municipal Council of Barbastro Guaranteed refundable issue by the Depository of this Council Barbastro August 18, 1937) |
| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a circular vignette bearing the issuer's name, surrounded by five heraldic shields representing the kingdoms of the Crown of Aragon. A portrait of a crowned king is incorporated within the central composition. |
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Barbastro, a market town in Aragon, issued its own fractional emergency currency in 1937 because the Republic's small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply consumed by the chaos of wartime logistics. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities did the same, producing what collectors now catalog under the broader billetes locales category.
Rieusset was a serious commercial printer, not a wartime improvisation — their Barcelona plant handled significant packaging and periodical work. The quality of their output on these municipal notes generally exceeds what the political circumstances might suggest.