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| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Monóvar |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse displays a triple-line rectangular perimeter border enclosing the principal legends. The face value is set within a central circle, with the issuing authority and date inscriptions distributed in the surrounding field in a plain letterpress arrangement. |
| Reverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL Vale fraccionario de papel moneda 50 CENTIMOS Monóvar 1.º Agosto 1937 (Translation: Municipal Council Fractional paper money voucher 50 Centimos Monóvar 1st August 1937) |
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One of hundreds of small-denomination emergency notes issued by Spanish municipal councils during the Civil War, when the Republic's coinage effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply unavailable in towns far from banking infrastructure. Monóvar, a small Alicante province municipality best known for its wine production, issued its own provisional paper to keep local commerce moving.
The Gari catalogue suffix -B typically indicates a distinct variety within the emission, often differentiated by serial range, stamp color, or minor typographic variation from the primary issue.