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50 Céntimos Bocairente
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Bocairente |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#347-B, TurróPV#416 |
| Obverse description | Typeset emergency issue printed in dark blue on plain white paper, with the denomination '50 Cèntimos' in large bold numerals at the upper left and the issuer title 'Consejo Municipal BOCAIRENTE' centred within a plain rectangular border, below which the date '1937' appears. A handwritten serial number is inscribed in the upper-right panel reserved for that purpose, and a circular violet municipal stamp with an allegorical vignette is applied to the lower-left quadrant. The lower portion carries the designation 'Bono de arbitrio Municipal' in italic script, with signature lines for 'El Presidente' and 'El Depositario', and a redemption notice at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Cèntimos Consejo Municipal BOCAIRENTE 1937 Número Bono de arbitrio Municipal EL PRESIDENTE, EL DEPOSITARIO, NOTA.- Este bono es canjeable en este Consejo. |
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Bocairente — a small textile-producing municipality in Valencia's interior — was one of hundreds of Spanish towns that issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's coinage supply collapsed in 1937. The Consejo Municipal stepped in as a de facto monetary authority purely out of necessity; without small-denomination notes, local commerce ground to a halt.
Survival rates for these municipal issues vary enormously by town. Bocairente's wartime administration was not large, and print runs for most Valencian municipal fractionals were modest. The Turró and Gari catalogs both list this issue, but neither assigns it an abundance rating that inspires confidence about easy availability.