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50 Céntimos La Canonja
| Issuer | Ajuntament de La Canonja |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular (Rounded corners) |
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| Obverse description | Plain orange-tinted card stock with black letterpress text giving the issuer name and denomination, with the coat of arms of Catalonia set within an ornamental border. The text is arranged in a simple typographical layout typical of wartime municipal emergency issues. An oval municipal stamp authenticates the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT DE LA CANONJA Val per 50 cèntims al sol objecte de facilitar el canvi (Translation: City Council of La Canonja Voucher for 50 Centimos with the sole purpose of facilitating change) |
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La Canonja was a small municipality in the Camp de Tarragona, and like hundreds of Catalan and Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency when Republican-zone coin shortages made everyday commerce nearly impossible. These municipal emissions — collectively known as moneda de necessitat — were technically illegal under central Republican authority, which tried repeatedly and largely unsuccessfully to suppress them throughout 1937.
Turró 641 is among the more obscure entries in the catalogue. The issuing population was small, production runs were modest, and survivors are correspondingly rare.