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50 Céntimos Linares
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Linares |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note on cream paper centred on the municipal coat of arms of Linares — a crowned castle flanked by crossed mining tools within a lozenge cartouche — set between ornamental columns. The denomination '50' appears within a circular frame at left, with 'Cts.' in a matching frame at right, all enclosed within a decorative border. Two facsimile signature boxes occupy the lower portion, captioned 'El Presidente' and 'El Cajero' respectively, with the printer's imprint 'Imp. Lores Hnos. Linares' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 50 Cts. Cts. (Translation: 50 Centimos) |
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Linares was one of hundreds of Spanish municipalities forced to print emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's small coinage effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply not reaching the provinces. The Consejo Municipal stepped in as issuer by necessity, not by monetary authority, and the Lores Hnos. print shop on the same streets that processed the town's commercial printing was pressed into the job.
Linares's economic identity was inseparable from its lead mining industry, and the town remained under Republican control through most of the war. The 824-B designation in Gari's catalog distinguishes this from at least one variant in the series, likely a signature or color difference.