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50 Céntimos Calasparra
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Calasparra |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse lettering | 0'50 PTAS. 0'50 Serie B. Núm. [serial number] PTAS. 0'50 El Ayuntamiento de Calasparra pagará al portador CINCUENTA CENTIMOS de peseta en billetes del Banco de España. Calasparra 25 Febrero 1937. EL ALCALDE, EL DEPOSITARIO, (Translation: The City Council of Calasparra will pay the bearer FIFTY CENTIMOS of peseta in banknotes of the Bank of Spain. Calasparra, 25 February 1937. The Mayor, The Treasurer.) |
| Reverse description | Plain white paper reverse, otherwise unprinted, bearing a single hand-applied oval municipal validation stamp in blue ink at centre. The stamp reads 'AYUNTAMIENTO REPUBLICANO DE CALASPARRA' around its perimeter and incorporates a small heraldic shield device at its centre. |
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Calasparra, a small municipality in Murcia, issued emergency paper fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War when Republican-held territories faced an acute shortage of metallic coin. The central government's inability to supply adequate small change forced hundreds of ayuntamientos to print their own — legally dubious, practically unavoidable. Gari Mon#393-B places this issue within a documented typology of municipal Murcia emissions, though Calasparra's output was modest by regional standards.
The sole security measure is an official municipal stamp, impressed rather than printed — which means condition of the ink transfer varies considerably across surviving pieces.