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50 Céntimos Pedro Muñoz
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Pedro Muñoz |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal de Pedro Muñoz Emisión Local 1 Septiembre 1937 Vale por 50 céntimos Canjeable en este Consejo Municipal El Presidente, El Depositario, (Translation: Municipal Council of Pedro Muñoz Local Issue September 1, 1937 Valid for 50 Centimos Redeemable in this Municipal Council The President, The Depositary,) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Obligatoria su circulación en esta localidad (Translation: 50 Mandatory circulation in this town) |
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Pedro Muñoz is a small municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha. This 50 céntimos piece belongs to the enormous wave of locally-issued emergency fractional currency — "billetes de necesidad" — that flooded Republican-held Spain in 1937 after the Civil War's disruption of the Banco de España's supply lines made small change effectively impossible to find. Hundreds of municipal councils, trade unions, and local committees printed their own, often on whatever card stock was available.
The thick substrate was almost certainly a practical choice dictated by material scarcity rather than any design intent — thin paper wore out fast in daily transaction use.