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50 Céntimos La Guardia
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de La Guardia (Jaén) |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured paper with all text printed in red letterpress. The issuer name 'Consejo Municipal' appears in large script lettering at the top, followed by 'La Guardia (Jaén)' on a second line separated by a horizontal rule. The denomination legend 'Vale por 50 cts.' is set in bold script across the lower half of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Largely plain cream-coloured stock with a red letterpress stamp in the left portion showing the municipal arms of La Guardia: a castle tower flanked by two keys, rendered in a crude but recognisable heraldic style. The remainder of the reverse is blank. |
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La Guardia — now called Guardia de Jaén — was one of hundreds of small Andalusian municipalities that issued emergency fractional paper during the Spanish Civil War after metallic coin disappeared from circulation almost immediately following the July 1936 coup. The Consejo Municipal series from this town is sparsely documented, and attributions in the major Spanish emergency money catalogs sometimes disagree on exact issue dates and authorization details.
These hyper-local céntimos pieces were produced in tiny quantities for purely neighborhood circulation and were redeemable only within the issuing municipality, making survival rates low.