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50 Céntimos Noblejas

Issuer Consejo Municipal de Noblejas
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Shape Rectangular
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Obverse description Plain letterpress-printed note on pale cream paper, enclosed within a rectangular dotted border. The issuing authority's name appears in bold lettering across the top, with the denomination '50 Cts.' in large type at the left and a handwritten serial number to the right, above the legend 'Vale para transacciones locales'. At the foot of the note, the printed titles and names of two signatories are arranged in two columns, with the printer's imprint running along the very bottom margin.
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Signature(s) M. Rodriguez (El Presidente) and R. Garcia (El Depositario)
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Noblejas is a small municipality in Toledo province, and this 50 céntimos note is a product of the fractional currency crisis that swept Republican-held Spain from mid-1936 onward. The hoarding and disappearance of metal coinage after the outbreak of the Civil War left local councils scrambling to produce their own small-denomination paper to keep commerce moving. The Consejo Municipal responded by contracting the job to the Imprenta del Consejo Provincial in nearby Ocaña — a practical choice given the town's limited resources.

Signatures by the Presidente and Depositario were applied individually, which means unsigned remainders exist and are sometimes misrepresented as issued examples.

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