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50 Céntimos Mogente
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Mogente |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset design printed in dark brown on plain white paper, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border. The large numeral '50' occupies the left half of the note, while the right half carries the issuer inscription 'Consejo Municipal-Mogente' at the top, a serial number panel 'Nº' between two horizontal rules at centre, and the denomination legend 'CENTIMOS' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain white reverse bearing a single hand-applied oval rubber stamp in blue-violet ink reading 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL - MOGENTE' around the perimeter, with an indistinct central device visible through the impression, serving as the sole authenticating mark on an otherwise unprinted surface. |
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Mogente — known in Valencian as Moixent — was a small agricultural municipality in the Valencia province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency fractional currency when the Republic's central supply of small change collapsed entirely. These locally produced notes, called moneda local de guerra, were typically authorized by the municipal council and backed by nothing more than local faith and necessity. The Consejo Municipal stamp served as the only authentication.
At 63 × 34 mm, this is among the smaller surviving examples of the type. Paper quality in these rural Valencian emissions varied considerably, and losses from handling, humidity, and the postwar political climate — when associating oneself with Republican-era materials carried real risk — were substantial.