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50 Céntimos Jorba
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Jorba (Municipality of Jorba) |
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| Reference(s) | Turró#1283 |
| Obverse description | Typeset in green on white card stock, the face is enclosed by a rectangular border composed of evenly spaced small squares. The issuer's name "Ajuntament de Jorba" is set in a bold serif typeface across the upper portion, with the denomination inscription "VAL PER 50 CTS." in large bold lettering below. A circular violet administrative stamp of the Ajuntament de Jorba is applied over the centre of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, printed on unadorned white card stock with no text, vignette, or decorative elements. |
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Jorba is a small municipality in the comarca of Anoia, Catalonia, with a population historically numbering in the hundreds. During the Spanish Civil War, the Republican government's decree of June 1937 authorized municipalities to issue their own fractional currency — the moneda municipal — to address a catastrophic shortage of small change caused by silver and copper hoarding. Jorba's 50 Céntimos issue is among the smallest-scale emissions of this type, produced for a community that would have required only minimal quantities to function.
The Turró catalogue documents over a thousand such local issues, and the sheer volume of participating municipalities means individual pieces from minor villages remain genuinely obscure. Jorba's note is one of them.