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50 Céntimos Pallaruelo de Monegros
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Pallaruelo de Monegros |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress design in black ink on plain paper, with a simple geometric border framing the entire face. The issuer name, denomination, and date are arranged in horizontal text registers, with the issuer name underlined for emphasis. The lower portion carries the legal tender declaration in smaller type. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE PALLARUELO DE MONEGROS 50 Cts. JULIO 1937 Emisión aprobada en sesión del 21 de Julio de 1937. Estos billetes son de curso legal y forzoso en este término municipal (Translation: Municipal Council of Pallaruelo de Monegros 50 Centimos July 1937 Issue approved in session of July 21, 1937. These banknotes are legal and compulsory tender in this municipal term) |
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Pallaruelo de Monegros is a small agricultural village in the Monegros desert region of Aragon, and this note was issued by its municipal council during the anarchist-influenced Republican administration of the Spanish Civil War. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities issued their own emergency fractional currency in 1936–37 after silver and copper coins disappeared from circulation almost overnight — hoarded, melted, or simply lost to the chaos of mobilization.
The Gari Monogrà reference places this among the rarer local Aragonese emissions, where surviving examples are frequently found with heavy handling, reflecting actual day-to-day use in a rural wartime economy.