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50 Céntimos Mestanza
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Mestanza |
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| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain card stock note printed entirely in black letterpress. The issuer name "CONSEJO MUNICIPAL" appears at the top followed by a thick horizontal rule, with "MESTANZA" in large bold capitals below a second rule. The denomination "Vale por 50 céntimos" is stated in the centre, with a handstamped serial number prefixed by "Nº" and the issue date "Emisión Mayo 1938." at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted save for a single circular municipal validation stamp applied in violet ink, bearing the legend "CONSEJO MUNICIPAL" and "MESTANZA" around the periphery; the centre of the stamp is largely illegible due to a worn impression. |
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Mestanza is a small municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency when coin coinage vanished from circulation entirely — hoarded, melted, or simply absent from a disrupted economy. These municipal issues, collectively known as moneda local or papel moneda municipal, were authorized under Republican decree but produced entirely at local initiative, with wildly varying quality and format.
The Gari catalogue reference is unassigned, suggesting this piece remains incompletely documented — not unusual for the smallest Castilian issuers, whose surviving material is thin and inconsistently recorded.