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50 Céntimos Jimena
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Jimena |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on coarse cream card stock, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border with ornamental corner and lateral scroll devices. The issuing authority appears in bold capitals at the top, followed by the municipality name in slightly smaller lettering at centre, with the denomination stated in large type below. A handwritten series letter and serial number appear at the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | Circular violet rubber stamp impression on the reverse, bearing the municipal coat of arms and the legend of the issuing council. |
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Jimena's Consejo Municipal issued emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republic's central supply of small-denomination coinage collapsed almost entirely. Municipalities across Andalucía — and Spain broadly — plugged the gap with locally authorized scrip, often printed on whatever stock was at hand. Thick card rather than banknote paper was common for these low-value pieces, since the expectation was short circulation life and rapid replacement.
The Gari Mon#798-B reference places this within the standard Catalan numismatic catalog of Civil War municipal issues. The official stamp was the primary — often only — authentication device separating legal local tender from unauthorized imitation.