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50 Céntimos Centelles
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Centelles (Municipality of Centelles) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT de CENTELLES Valor nominal de CINQUANTA CENTIMS, garantit per la Corporació Municipal, i de curs forçós dins la localitat. Centelles, abril del 1937. (Translation: City Council of Centelles Nominal value of Fifty Centimos, guaranteed by the Municipal Corporation, and compulsory within the town. Centelles, April 1937.) |
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| Reverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE CENTELLES |
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One of hundreds of municipal emergency notes issued across Republican-controlled Catalonia after the July 1936 uprising disrupted coin circulation almost entirely. The Generalitat had authorized local authorities to fill the void, and small towns like Centelles produced their own fractional scrip rather than wait for central supply. Imprenta Ausetana in nearby Vic printed for several of these Osona comarca municipalities — a practical arrangement given proximity.
The official stamp was the primary guarantee of authenticity. No serial numbers, no sophisticated security — legitimacy rested entirely on local trust and the ink of the town hall seal.