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50 Céntimos Cofrentes
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Cofrentes |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress design on cream card stock, entirely in black ink. The large numeral '50' occupies the left half of the note, while the issuer inscription 'Consejo Municipal de Cofrentes' is arranged in decreasing type sizes to the upper right, with 'céntimos' underlined at the lower right. A handwritten signature in ink crosses the centre of the design diagonally. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream card stock, entirely unprinted save for a large handwritten ink signature to the left of centre and a partial oval municipal dry stamp impression visible toward the right edge. |
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Cofrentes is a small municipality in Valencia Province, and like hundreds of other Spanish Republican townships in 1937, its local council issued emergency fractional currency when the central government's coin supply collapsed under wartime strain. These municipal vouchers — often called "guerra civil local notes" by collectors — were legal only within the issuing municipality, sometimes only at specific cooperatives or shops. The Turró and Gari catalogues together document thousands of such issues; the fact that this one earned entries in both confirms it as a legitimate documented emission rather than a speculative or fantasy piece.
Thick card stock was the typical substrate for these micro-issues, chosen for durability when printing infrastructure was improvised. The official stamp was the primary authentication device — without it, the note was void.