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50 Céntimos Cocentaina
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Cocentaina |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#546-B |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE COCENTAINA PAGARA AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA CENTIMOS CECENTAINA 21 JULIO 1937 (Translation: Municipal Council of Cocentaina Will pay the bearer Fifty Centimos Cocentaina, July 21, 1937) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red and white, the reverse is framed by a geometric and floral perimeter border. A central oval medallion contains a panoramic cityscape view of Cocentaina. The denomination and town name are rendered in bold letterpress text. |
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Cocentaina is a small town in the Valencian Community, and like hundreds of Spanish municipalities during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency after the hoarding of coins made small change nearly impossible to find. The Republican government technically authorized this kind of local emission, but the practical reality was that each municipality printed what it needed, often with minimal oversight and highly variable quality — which is exactly what you see in notes like this one.
Locally produced on whatever stock was available. The Gari Montaner catalogue remains the primary reference for these Valencian municipal emissions, and variant B designation typically indicates a meaningful difference in paper, color, or typeset from the base issue.