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50 Céntimos Horts del Llobregat
| Issuer | Ajuntament d'Horts del Llobregat |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by an ornamental geometric border with a circular municipal stamp in the upper left corner. A diagonal stripe with lettering crosses the face, set within a guilloche-style decorative surround. The main text block carries the full authorization legend of the municipal council in Catalan. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT D'HORTS DEL LLOBREGAT Emissió 1937 L'AJUNTAMENT D'HORTS DEL LLOBREGAT RECONEIX A FAVOR DEL PORTADOR LA QUANTITAT DE CINQUANTA CENTIMS EN VIRTUT DE L'ACORD PRES EN SESSIÓ DEL DIA 11 DE JUNY DEL 1937 (Translation: City Council of Horts del Llobregat Issue 1937 The City Council of Horts del Llobregat recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of Fifty Centims pursuant to the agreement reached in session on June 11, 1937) |
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Horts del Llobregat — now known as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat — was one of hundreds of Catalan municipalities that issued their own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's coin supply collapsed in 1936. The Generalitat de Catalunya formally authorized these local emissions, but production quality and oversight varied enormously from one ajuntament to the next. Turró catalogues this issue as #1241, placing it within the dense cluster of Barcelona-province municipals from that year.
Survival rates for these wartime locals are uneven — many were rendered worthless before the war ended and simply discarded.