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50 Céntimos Riells del Fai
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Riells del Fai |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress printing on plain paper with a decorative floral and geometric border framing the entire face. Issuing authority and denomination text are arranged centrally, with a faint underprint of the Catalan coat of arms visible in the background. The lower portion carries the date and place of issue along with a statement of mandatory local legal tender status. |
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| Reverse lettering | VAL 50 cèntims L`Ajuntament és responsable d`aquests bitllets, que retirarà en data oportuna. Gràfiques Unificades Granollers (Translation: Voucher 50 Centimos The City Council is responsible for these banknotes, which will be withdrawn in due course. Gràfiques Unificades Granollers) |
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Riells del Fai is a small village in the Vallès Oriental comarca, and like hundreds of Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, it was forced to issue its own fractional currency after the Republican government's coin supply collapsed in 1936–37. Hoarding of silver and copper coins had essentially stripped small denominations from daily commerce, and local councils stepped in to fill the gap.
Gràfiques Unificades was a Granollers printing house operating under collective management following the anarcho-syndicalist takeover of much of Catalan industry in July 1936 — the "Unificades" in the name reflects that reorganization directly.