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50 Céntimos Calpe
| Issuer | Calpe, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 98 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in blue-grey ink on cream paper, the face is enclosed within an Art Nouveau-style ornamental border of interlaced ribbon-and-leaf corner motifs connected by double parallel rules. The denomination legend is set in two lines of bold display type at centre, with a signature line captioned 'Firma del comerciante' positioned below. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 CÉNTIMOS |
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Calpe — a small coastal municipality in Alicante province — was among hundreds of Spanish towns that issued their own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's central government failed to maintain an adequate supply of small-denomination coins. These locally printed notes, collectively known as billetes de necesidad, were typically produced under improvised conditions with whatever printing equipment the town hall or local committee could access.
The Gari Mon catalogue remains the authoritative reference for this material, and the 402-B designation indicates a distinct variety within the Calpe issues — likely a paper, ink, or typographic difference from a companion type.