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50 Céntimos Benicull del Júcar
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Benicull del Júcar |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note printed entirely in dark blue ink, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border. The issuing authority name appears in bold uppercase letterpress at the top, followed by the locality name flanked by horizontal rules, and the designation 'PAPEL MONEDA LOCAL' below. The denomination '50 céntimos' is repeated in the lower left and right panels, separated by a small cross ornament, with handwritten serial numbers printed twice in the central register above. A red ink control stamp reading 'REVISADO' is applied diagonally across the upper centre. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse, entirely without printed text or vignette, bearing a large oval municipal stamp applied in red ink at centre. The stamp displays the heraldic coat of arms of Benicull del Júcar within a circular legend reading 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL - BENICULL DEL JÚCAR'. Two handwritten manuscript signatures in black ink are applied across the stamp, serving as the authorising officials' endorsements. |
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Benicull del Júcar is a small municipality in Valencia with a population that barely reached several hundred during the 1930s, which makes the existence of any locally issued emergency currency here genuinely notable. During the Spanish Civil War, the collapse of small-denomination coinage across the Republican zone forced even the tiniest ayuntamientos to print their own fractional notes — a nationwide improvisation that produced thousands of distinct local issues, most in tiny runs.
The Gari Mon catalogue remains the authoritative reference for these Spanish Civil War municipal emissions. Two varieties are recorded for Benicull, with the B suffix here indicating a secondary type — likely a reissue or a signature variant distinguishing it from the A.