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50 Céntimos Gavà
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Gavà (Municipality of Gavà) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Plain greenish card stock printed in black letterpress. The issuing authority AJUNTAMENT DE GAVÀ is set in bold capitals across the top, with the denomination 50 céntims in large bold type at centre. A serial number field appears in the upper right, alongside a partial oval municipal validation stamp in violet ink. The lower portion carries the mandatory-currency clause and the date 8 Abril 1937. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE GAVÀ 50 céntims de curs obligatori a tot el terme municipal. 8 Abril 1937 (Translation: City Council of Gavà 50 centimos of mandatory legal tender throughout the entire municipal territory. 8 April 1937) |
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Gavà's 1937 emergency fractional issues belong to the dense ecosystem of Catalan municipal paper money that flooded local circulation after the Republic's small-change crisis of 1936–37. The central government's inability to supply sufficient coinage — partly due to silver hoarding and wartime disruption — forced hundreds of Catalan municipalities to print their own low-denomination notes under a framework loosely authorized by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Turró catalogues these Gavà pieces as legitimately scarce. The municipality is small, production runs were low, and wartime paper deteriorates fast.