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50 Céntimos Reus
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Reus |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Printer | Imprenta De Ferrando, Reus, Spain |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSELL MUNICIPAL DE REUS LA DIPOSITARIA MUNICIPAL PAGARÀ AL PORTADOR LA QUANTITAT DE 50 CENTIMS Reus 14 d`Abril del 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council of Reus The Municipal Depositary will pay the bearer the amount of 50 Centimos Reus, April 14, 1937) |
| Reverse description | Central oval medallion carries a rose, the heraldic emblem of the city of Reus, surrounded by allegorical figures representing labour, commerce, industry, and study — including a worker holding a mallet, female figures with a caduceus and a book, and a background of factory chimneys. The mandatory circulation legend in Catalan is printed around the design. |
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Reus was one of hundreds of Catalan municipalities that issued emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republican government's metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply unavailable. The Consell Municipal stepped in as a matter of practical necessity, and local printer Ferrando produced the series without the infrastructure or security printing traditions of a national institution.
Turró catalogs these municipal Catalan emissions extensively; #2080 places this note within a well-documented but historically dense series where survival rates vary sharply between denominations.