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50 Céntimos Gualchos
| Issuer | Consejo Obrero Campesino de Gualchos |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper note printed in dark brown ink, with a geometric border of repeating dash-and-dot ornaments enclosing the entire face. The denomination '50 céntimos' is set in large bold type at the left, preceded by the word 'Vale', while the issuing authority 'Consejo Obrero Campesino / GUALCHOS (Granada)' occupies the upper right in bold letterpress. Below, the guarantee clause 'VALOR DEPOSITADO REINTEGRABLE EN BILLETES DEL BANCO DE ESPAÑA' is printed in spaced capitals, followed by the rubric line 'EL DEPOSITARIO' above a manuscript signature. The printer's imprint 'PAPELERIA LACOSTE - ALMERIA' appears at the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Vale 50 céntimos Consejo Obrero Campesino GUALCHOS (Granada) VALOR DEPOSITADO REINTEGRABLE EN BILLETES DEL BANCO DE ESPAÑA. EL DEPOSITARIO (Translation: It's worth 50 Centimos Peasant Workers Council Gualchos (Granada) Deposited value refundable in banknotes of the Bank of Spain. The Depositary) |
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Gualchos is a small municipality in Granada province, and its wartime scrip belongs to the dense web of Republican local emergency currency issued during the Spanish Civil War after the 1936 banking disruption left rural communities without viable small change. The Consejo Obrero Campesino — a workers' and peasants' council — was exactly the type of improvised revolutionary authority that sprang up across the Republican zone following the July coup, issuing local obligations that technically had no legal backing beyond collective acceptance.
Papelería Lacoste in Almería handled printing for several Andalusian municipal and council issues during this period. The Gari Mon reference number is unassigned, suggesting this piece remains incompletely catalogued — not unusual for the more obscure council issues, many of which survive in single-digit quantities.