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50 Céntimos El Bruc
| Issuer | Ajuntament de El Bruch (Municipality of El Bruc) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | L'AJUNTAMENT D'EL BRUCH RECONEIX A FAVOR DEL PORTADOR LA QUANTITAT DE CINQUANTA CÈNTIMS / 50 cts. SEGONS ACORD MUNICIPAL SETEMBRE 1937 (Translation: The City Council of El Bruch recognizes in favour of the bearer the amount of Fifty Centimos / 50 Centimos according to Municipal agreement September 1937) |
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| Reverse lettering | BITLLET DE CURS LOCAL OBLIGATORI 50 cts. CINQUANTA CÈNTIMS (Translation: Mandatory local currency banknote 50 Centimos Fifty Centimos) |
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One of hundreds of small-denomination emergency notes issued by Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, when the collapse of metallic coinage circulation left local governments scrambling to fill the gap. El Bruc — a village of a few hundred inhabitants in the Anoia comarca, better known for the 1808 guerrilla actions against Napoleon's troops — had no business printing currency, but the Republican government's authorization of municipal paper gave them no choice.
Tipografia El Secretariat Català handled a significant volume of these Catalan municipal issues out of Barcelona, which accounts for the professional appearance relative to the note's obscure origin.