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50 Céntimos Espluga de Francolí
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de l'Espluga de Francolí |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 101 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | The municipal coat of arms of Espluga de Francolí occupies the centre of the note, framed by typographic text identifying the issuing authority and denomination. The entire composition is enclosed within a wide ornamental border of interlocking geometric guilloche motifs, consistent with the letterpress printing technique typical of Spanish Civil War-era municipal emergency currency. The date of issue, 14 de Maig del 1937, appears within the text field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 CENTIMS CONSELL MUNICIPAL CINQUANTA CENTIMS ESPLUGA DE FRANCOLÍ BITLLET DE CIRCULACIÓ OBLIGATORIA A TOTA LA JURISDICCIÓ MUNICIPAL Imp. Sugrañes Tarragona (Translation: 50 Centimos Municipal Council Fifty Centimos Espluga de Francolí Mandatory circulation banknote for all Municipal jurisdiction) |
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Espluga de Francolí is a small town in the Camp de Tarragona, and like hundreds of Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, its council issued emergency fractional currency after the Republic's small-denomination coins effectively vanished from circulation in 1936–37. The Generalitat de Catalunya had authorized local bodies to fill the gap, producing a sprawling ecosystem of *moneda local* that varied wildly in print quality and staying power.
Sugrañes was a reliable Tarragona commercial printer responsible for several municipal issues in the province. Turró 956 is among the better-documented of the smaller-denomination Catalan municipals.