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50 Céntimos Guardamar del Segura
| Issuer | Guardamar del Segura, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | Dark green letterpress on an ocher ground, the design centered on a large eye-shaped cartouche formed by interlaced geometric bands and scroll-work guilloche, enclosing a diamond-shaped panel with the large numeral '50' and abbreviated denomination 'Cts.' in orange. Radiating sunburst lines fill the corner spandrels, and the issuing authority name is inscribed in two curved banner scrolls at the top and bottom of the cartouche. |
| Reverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL GUARDAMAR DEL SEGURA 50 Cts (Translation: Municipal Council Guardamar del Segura 50 Centimos) |
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Guardamar del Segura, a small coastal municipality in Alicante province, issued emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War as Republican-zone commerce ground to a halt from coin hoarding and metal shortages. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities did the same between 1936 and 1938, and the Generalitat de Catalunya and other regional authorities actively encouraged it — there was no coordinated national solution, so towns printed their own.
The Gari Mon catalogue documents two varieties for this 50 céntimos issue, this being the B type. Distinguishing between them typically comes down to minor typographic or serial number differences rather than substantive design changes.