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50 Céntimos Botarell
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Botarell (Municipality of Botarell) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress border frames a yellow ornamental guilloche underprint composed of repeating lozenge and oval motifs. The Catalan four-bar escutcheon appears in the upper left, with the denomination and issue text arranged within the central field. A purple oval validation stamp is applied across the centre. |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress border encloses a yellow ornamental guilloche underprint matching the obverse pattern. The issuer name runs along the top in green capital letters, with the denomination figure '50' to the left and 'cèntims' below it. A serial number and 'Série B' designation appear to the right, with a purple oval validation stamp overlaid on the central field. |
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Botarell is a tiny municipality in the Camp de Tarragona with a population that barely exceeded a few hundred during the 1930s. Like dozens of Catalan villages during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional paper money after the hoarding of coins — driven by uncertainty and metal requisitions for the war effort — created an acute shortage of small change. These emergency municipals, known collectively as "guerra" notes or moneda de necessitat, were a grassroots solution to a breakdown the Republican government in Madrid was slow to address.
Turró catalogues several hundred such issuers from Catalonia alone, and Botarell's 50 Céntimos sits among the more obscure entries — issued by a council with minimal printing resources, tiny original quantities, and no reason to produce more than local commerce briefly required.