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50 Céntimos Puebla de Farnals
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Puebla de Farnals |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress text set within a geometric border frame, with the coat of arms of the Spanish Republic printed in green as an underprint at centre. The face carries the issuing authority designation and denomination value in bold lettering, with the printer's imprint at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted stock bearing a single hand-applied oval municipal validation stamp in blue-violet ink at centre, enclosing a small shield motif and the circular legend of the issuing council; the remainder of the surface is blank. |
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Puebla de Farnals is a small coastal municipality north of Valencia, and like hundreds of Republican-held towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency in 1937 to address the acute shortage of small change that followed the hoarding of metal coinage. These municipally-issued pieces — vales, billetes de necesidad — were strictly local instruments, theoretically redeemable only within the issuing commune and of no value elsewhere.
Printed by Tip. M. Zamit in nearby Meliana, a firm that handled similar emergency work for several surrounding Valencia-region councils that year.