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50 Céntimos Guadalajara; replica
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Guadalajara |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress in dark and light red on white paper. The crowned municipal coat of arms of Guadalajara, with a castle vignette on the shield, is positioned at upper left within a fine guilloche border. Denomination numeral '50' appears in large script at centre, with three facsimile signature lines across the lower portion. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Consejo Municipal de Guadalajara issued emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republican zone suffered acute shortages of small-denomination coinage. The 1937–38 municipal issues from Guadalajara are among hundreds of local emergency emissions that proliferated across Republican-held towns — a direct consequence of hoarding and the disruption of normal coin supply from Madrid.
This 2003 piece is a commemorative replica produced by the FNMT, the same state institution that prints Spain's current legal tender. The inclusion of a watermark in a reproduction is noteworthy — a deliberate nod to technical authenticity rather than a mere facsimile print.