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50 Céntimos El Masnou
| Issuer | El Masnou, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 95 × 59 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | EL MASNOU VAL PER CINQUANTA CÈNTIMS QUANTITAT REEMBORSABLE A LA CAIXA MUNICIPAL DE CURS OBLIGATORI PER TOT EL TERME MUNICIPAL DEL MASNOU (Translation: El Masnou Valid for Fifty Centimos Amount refundable to the Municipal savings bank Mandatory course throughout the municipality of El Masnou) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries two circular vignettes: the upper left contains the local municipal coat of arms, while the lower right presents a rural scene of a peasant guiding two horses drawing a plow, evoking the agricultural character of the community. The issuing authority inscription arches across the design in letterpress type. |
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El Masnou is a small coastal municipality northeast of Barcelona, and like hundreds of Catalan towns during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional paper money after the collapse of metallic coin circulation in 1936–37. The Republican government's inability to supply enough small change pushed local councils — ajuntaments and comitès — to fill the gap themselves, producing what collectors now call "guerra civil locals." Turró catalogued over a thousand distinct emissions from across Catalonia alone.
Imprenta Avant was a Barcelona print shop with known Republican affiliations, responsible for several municipal emissions during this period.