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50 Céntimos Caldes de Montbui
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Caldes de Montbui |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | Full-face black letterpress vignette of the ancient Roman bridge over the Caldes stream, which once carried traffic along the Via Augusta, rendered in a detailed pen-and-ink style with lush vegetation and a rural building visible in the background. The denomination "50 centims" appears in large script lettering at centre, flanked above by the issuing authority title and the bearer clause. A circular denomination cartouche is placed at lower left, with the serial number and the Dipositari's manuscript signature at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | DIPOSITARIA MUNICIPAL Pagarà al portador 50 centims abans del 1er. de Setembre del 1938 El Dipositari (Translation: Municipal Depositary Will pay the bearer 50 centimos before September 1, 1938 The Depositary) |
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One of hundreds of small-denomination emergency notes issued by Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, when the Republican government's inability to maintain adequate supplies of fractional coinage left local councils scrambling to fill the gap. The Generalitat de Catalunya formally authorized this wave of municipal paper in mid-1936, giving town halls like Caldes de Montbui legal cover to print their own scrip — though quality and design varied wildly from one ajuntament to the next.
Caldes de Montbui, a spa town north of Barcelona known since Roman times for its thermal springs, issued this 50 céntimos alongside companion values. Turró catalogues the series but survival rates for these hyperlocal wartime emissions are unpredictable; many were demonetized and pulped before 1939.