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50 Céntimos Bot
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Bot (Municipality of Bot) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note on cream paper stock within a dotted-rule rectangular border, with the issuing authority 'El Ayuntamiento de Bot' in large display type at the top, followed by the bearer obligation text in smaller capitals. The denomination 'CINCUENTA Céntimos' is set in bold display lettering at centre, with corner numeral '50' and abbreviation 'Cts.' repeated in all four corners; a serial number and the date '25 Abril 1937' appear at lower left and lower right respectively, while the mayor's signature line occupies the centre-right field. The printer's imprint 'IMP. BASSA.- MORA DE EBRO.- TELF. 36' runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting only the plain cream paper stock with no text, vignette, or ornamental device of any kind. |
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Bot is a village in the Terra Alta comarca of Tarragona, and in 1937 its municipal government did what hundreds of Spanish localities did during the Civil War: printed its own fractional paper money to compensate for the catastrophic shortage of coin. The Republican government had lost control of the metals supply, and silver and copper coinage had essentially vanished from everyday trade — hoarded, melted, or simply gone.
Josep Bassa's print shop in Mora d'Ebre served several Terra Alta municipalities during this period, which means the paper stock and typography across the region's emergency notes often share a family resemblance. Turró catalogues this issue as #510.