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50 Céntimos Miguelturra
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Miguelturra |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain card stock note executed entirely in black letterpress. The issuer name 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' is set at the top, followed by 'MIGUELTURRA (C. Real)' underscored by two horizontal rules; the central field carries the denomination legend 'Vale por 50 céntimos'. The date 'Agosto 1937.' appears at the lower left, with a hand-stamped serial number at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL MIGUELTURRA (C. Real) Vale por 50 céntimos Agosto 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council Miguelturra (Ciudad Real) Valid for 50 Centimos August 1937) |
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Miguelturra is a small municipality in Ciudad Real province, Castile-La Mancha. Like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency fractional currency in 1937 after Republican-zone silver coinage vanished from circulation almost entirely — hoarded, melted, or simply not replaced by a central authority stretched far beyond its logistics. These locally issued cartones and billetes de necesidad were technically provisional, redeemable in theory, and in practice often never honored at all.
The Gari Montaner reference places this among the better-documented municipal issues, though surviving examples from small Castilian councils remain genuinely scarce.