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50 Céntimos La Bisbal d'Empordà
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de La Bisbal d'Empordà |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark-field letterpress note with denomination numerals '0`50' at each lateral margin flanking the central text block. A faint architectural underprint renders the silhouettes of the Old Bridge and the New Bridge over the river Daró, barely perceptible against the deep background. The issuing authority inscription runs across the centre in bold capitals. |
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| Reverse lettering | VALOR REINTEGRABLE A LA CAIXA MUNICIPAL 0`50 BITLLET DE CURS OBLIGATORI A LA BISBAL (Translation: Value redeemable at the Municipal Treasury 0.50 / Mandatory legal tender banknote in La Bisbal) |
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One of hundreds of emergency fractional notes issued by Catalan municipalities during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republic's central government could no longer guarantee small-change supply and local councils stepped in to fill the gap. The Consell Municipal de La Bisbal d'Empordà had the practical advantage of a local press — Imprenta Gispert — which kept production entirely within the town, a less common arrangement than sending work to Barcelona.
Turró's cataloguing of these municipal emissions remains the standard reference, and his numbering reflects just how prolific this phenomenon was across the region between 1936 and 1939.