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50 Céntimos Chiva de Morella
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Chiva de Morella |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#535-A |
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| Obverse lettering | EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR 50 CÉNTIMOS CHIVA DE MORELLA, 14 mayo 1937. EL PRESIDENTE, |
| Reverse description | Entirely plain paper reverse, unprinted save for a faint violet rubber-stamp impression visible near the centre, likely an official validation or control mark applied by the issuing municipality. |
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Chiva de Morella is a small municipality in the Maestrazgo comarca of Castellón, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional emergency currency when the Republic's small change dried up. The Consejo Municipal — the locally controlled governing body under Republican administration — authorized these notes to keep day-to-day commerce functioning. At 56 × 35 mm, this is about as small as paper money gets, and the fragility of the format means survivors in any condition are genuinely uncommon.
Catalogued under Gari Montserrat's regional reference for Valencia, the 535-A designation suggests at least one variant exists within the type.