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50 Céntimos El Masnou
| Issuer | El Masnou, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | The face is framed by an elaborate architectural border in the form of a portico, with classical columns flanking the central text panel and upper and lower borders richly ornamented with fruits, floral garlands, and cornucopias in a letterpress decorative style. The denomination and municipal authority are stated in Catalan within the central field. The overall composition reflects the graphic conventions of Spanish Civil War-era municipal emergency currency. |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL EL MASNOU (Translation: Municipal Council El Masnou) |
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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.