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50 Céntimos Mahora
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Mahora |
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| Size | 79 × 53 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in black on plain paper stock, centred on an allegorical vignette of the Spanish Republic rendered as a reclining female figure resting upon a quartered coat of arms bearing castles and rampant lions, with a lion positioned at her feet. The issuing authority and promise-to-pay legend are set in bold sans-serif type above and below the central device, with the denomination value stated in abbreviated form. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE MAHORA PAGARA AL PORTADOR 50 Cts. (Translation: Municipal Council of Mahora Will pay the bearer 50 Centimos) |
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Mahora is a small municipality in Albacete province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns it issued its own emergency paper during the Civil War after metallic coin disappeared from circulation almost entirely by late 1936. These municipal fractional notes — locally called vales or moneda local — were produced with whatever printing resources the town had to hand, which in most cases meant a local press, rubber stamp, or even typewriter. Quality control was nonexistent by design.
The Gari Monovar catalog remains the primary reference for Republican zone municipal issues of this type, and the "A" suffix on 867A indicates a recognized variety within the series.