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50 Céntimos Mezquita de Jarque
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Mezquita de Jarque |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress certificate in blue ink, enclosed within a geometric border frame. The coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is positioned at the upper left corner, alongside the issuing authority and denomination text arranged in uniform letterpress blocks. The note carries a legal tender declaration and a validity clause referencing a required stamp on the reverse. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL de MEZQUITA de JARQUE (TERUEL) EMISIÓN 1937 Certificado de 50 céntimos Declarado de curso legal en esta localidad, para facilitar el cambio, según acuerdo de este Consejo. No es válido sin el sello al dorso. (Translation: Municipal Council of Mezquita de Jarque (Teruel) Issue 1937 50 Centimos certificate Declared legal tender in this locality, to facilitate the change, according to the agreement of this Council. Not valid without the stamp on the back.) |
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Mezquita de Jarque is a small municipality in Teruel, Aragon — one of the most fractured fronts of the Civil War. In 1937, the collapse of the Republican peseta's practical circulation at the local level forced hundreds of Spanish municipalities to issue their own emergency fractional notes, and this 50 céntimos is one such piece. The Consejo Municipal designation confirms it was issued under the Republican administrative structure that replaced traditional ayuntamientos in loyalist-held territory.
The official stamp is the only security measure — entirely typical for rural Aragonese emergency issues, where printing resources were negligible and legitimacy rested on local recognition rather than technical sophistication.