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50 Céntimos Benicarló
| Issuer | Benicarló, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#291-A |
| Obverse description | Pale pink note executed in black letterpress, centred on a vignette of a bull's head. The issuer name and denomination are set in bold black type arranged around the central vignette, with the council designation and value abbreviation forming the principal legends. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is left entirely unprinted on the same pale pink paper stock, bearing no design, lettering, or security elements whatsoever, consistent with the expedient production methods typical of Spanish Civil War municipal emergency issues. |
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One of hundreds of municipal emergency issues produced across Republican-held Spain during the Civil War, when the hoarding of metal coinage — driven by panic and material scarcity — created a practical crisis at the street level. Municipalities were authorized, loosely, to fill the gap themselves. The results were wildly inconsistent in quality, legal standing, and survival rates.
Benicarló, a small coastal town in Castellón province, issued these fractional notes in 1937 at a moment when the northern Valencian front was under serious pressure. Very few municipal issues from this region were formally withdrawn or exchanged; most simply became worthless as the war shifted.