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50 Céntimos Cadaqués
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Cadaqués |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-coloured note printed in dark brown and red, with an elaborate guilloche border of interlacing floral and geometric scrollwork enclosing the central field. The issuing authority 'CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE CADAQUÉS' appears in bold dark-brown letterpress at the top, while the denomination '50 CENTIMS' is printed in red within circular cartouches at left and right, flanking the central value inscription '0'50 DE PESSETA' in red. The redemption clause and serial number appear in the lower portion, with the printer's imprint 'VIADER·GUIXOLS' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE CADAQUÉS 50 CÈNTIMS 0`50 DE PESSETA Reintegrable a la Caixa Municipal en virtut d`acord del dia 10 de maig del 1937 (Translation: Municipal Council of Cadaqués 50 Centimos 0.50 of Peseta Reintegratable to the Municipal Fund by virtue of the agreement of May 10, 1937) |
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Cadaqués, a small fishing village on the Costa Brava, issued its own emergency paper money in 1937 because the Spanish Civil War had effectively destroyed the supply of small-denomination coin across Republican-held Catalonia. The phenomenon was widespread — hundreds of Catalan municipalities did the same — but the Cadaqués notes are among the more sought-after in that series purely because of the town's subsequent art-world associations, which has nothing to do with the notes themselves.
Printed by Viader in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, a press that handled several Costa Brava municipal issues during the same period. Survival rates for these small-town emergency notes vary sharply; many were never redeemed after the Nationalist victory made them worthless.