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50 Céntimos Mequinenza
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Mequinenza |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain light yellow ground with a geometric underprint, the entire face enclosed within a rectangular letterpress-printed border in red. All text is set in red typeface, with the vale amount and issuer name arranged in horizontal registers across the centre of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | Certificado de plata de curso obligatorio en Mequinenza (Zaragoza) VALE 50 CENTIMOS (Translation: Silver certificate of mandatory course in Mequinenza (Zaragoza) Value 50 Centimos) |
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Mequinenza is a small town in Aragón at the confluence of the Segre and Ebro rivers, and in 1937 it sat inside Republican-held territory during active fighting. Like dozens of Aragonese municipalities that year, its local council issued fractional paper money to address a genuine shortage of coins — silver and copper had been hoarded or melted, and the Republican government's own small change was insufficient to keep local commerce moving.
Printed by Imp. Pagès in Lleida, this is strictly a wartime expedient, valid only within Mequinenza itself.