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50 Céntimos Guadix
| Issuer | Guadix, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#741-B |
| Obverse description | Light green geometric underprint covers the entire face, over which a circular violet validation stamp at left bears the legend GUADIX / CONSEJO MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIVO with the denomination 50 CTS. The main text panel at right, enclosed within a plain border, carries the issuing authority designation U.G.T. and the bearer clause in letterpress, with a dark green diamond vignette at centre-left. The bold denomination 50 CÉNTIMOS is set in large type along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 cts. N.º U. G. T. La Colectividad Sindicato Trabajadores del Comercio pagará al portador, en moneda del Banco de España, la cantidad de 50 CÉNTIMOS (Translation: 50 Centimos No. U. G. T. The Commercial Workers Union Collective will pay the bearer, in currency of the Bank of Spain, the amount of 50 Centimos) |
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Guadix, a mid-sized town in Granada province, was one of hundreds of Spanish Republican municipalities forced to print their own fractional currency during the Civil War after the hoarding of metal coinage created an acute small-change crisis in 1936–37. These emergency local emissions — known broadly as "billetes locales" — were authorized by the Republican government but designed, printed, and circulated entirely at the municipal level, which accounts for the enormous variation in quality and format across the series.
The Gari Mon catalogue distinguishes at least two varieties for this denomination, placing this example at 741-B. Survival rates for Guadix issues are uneven; many were redeemed or simply discarded once the zone changed hands in early 1939.