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50 Céntimos Calzada de Calatrava
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Calzada de Calatrava |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 55 × 45 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain light green card stock printed in dark ink by letterpress, with no vignette or decorative elements. The issuer name appears in two lines at the top, each separated by a double horizontal rule; the denomination in text and a serial number in large numerals occupy the centre field, with the emission date at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL CALZADA DE CALATRAVA Vale por 50 céntimos Nº 02088 Emisión Noviembre 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council / Calzada de Calatrava / Valid for 50 Centimos / No. 02088 / Issue November 1937.) |
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Calzada de Calatrava is a small municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional emergency currency when the Republic's central supply of small change collapsed entirely. These locally printed pieces — known collectively as billetes de necesidad or moneda local — were legal only within the issuing municipality and became worthless the moment you crossed into the next town.
The Gari catalog remains the primary reference for this notaphilic minefield, and the "-B" suffix here indicates a variant within the type — likely a printing or paper difference from the base issue.