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50 Céntimos Baget
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Baget |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE BAGET EL CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE BAGET, RECONEIX A FAVOR DEL PORTADOR LA QUANTITAT DE CINQUANTA CÈNTIMS BAGET, 1 DE JUNY DEL 1937 BITLLET DE CURS LOCAL OBLIGATORI (Translation: Municipal Council of Baget The Municipal Council of Baget, recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of Fifty Centimos Baget, June 1, 1937 Mandatory local course banknote) |
| Reverse description | Plain brown letterpress reverse with geometric ornamental designs framing the central text area. The Catalan inscription reaffirms the issuing authority and the mandatory local currency status, with the denomination expressed numerically in the centre. |
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Baget is among the smallest municipalities in Catalonia — historically fewer than a hundred inhabitants — which makes this note one of the more extreme examples of Spain's wartime *moneda local* phenomenon. During the Civil War, the Republican government's inability to maintain coin supply pushed hundreds of Catalan townships, including genuinely tiny ones like Baget, to issue their own fractional currency through whatever local printing resources were available.
Imprenta Anglada in nearby Camprodon handled emergency issues for several surrounding municipalities, which is why notes from this cluster share recognizable typographic characteristics despite different issuing authorities.