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50 Céntimos El Escorial de la Sierra
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de El Escorial de la Sierra |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse lettering | AYUNTAMIENTO · DEL · ESCORIAL COMISION · DE · ABASTOS 50 - CTS Papel de cambio para las tiendas Escorial de la Sierra mayo 937 50 CTS (Translation: City Council of El Escorial Supply Commission 50 Centimos Paper change for shops Escorial de la Sierra May 937 50 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | Printed in a single beige-grey tone, the reverse carries a vignette of the Fuente de la República (Republic Fountain), a local civic monument, rendered in a simplified halftone illustration centred on the note. A caption identifying the fountain appears below the vignette in small letterpress text. The remainder of the surface is plain, with a simple ruled border framing the design. |
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El Escorial de la Sierra — not to be confused with the larger El Escorial municipality — issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War as the Republican zone experienced a near-total collapse of small-denomination coinage. Copper and silver had been hoarded or melted, leaving local councils across Castile scrambling to produce something, anything, that workers could use for daily transactions. These ayuntamiento-issued pieces were never intended to circulate beyond the immediate locality.
The Gari Mon catalogue documents this specific issue under #608-C, suggesting at least variant classification within the series. Surviving examples are scarce — small-town wartime paper rarely made it through the decade intact.