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50 Céntimos Riells del Fai
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Riells del Fai |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Ajuntament de Riells del Fai PAPER MONEDA / EL SEU VALOR 50 CENTIMS Reconegut per l`Ajuntament Curs local obligatori. Riells del Fai, Maig 1937. (Translation: City Council of Riells del Fai Paper-Money / Its value 50 Centimos Recognized by the City Council Mandatory local course. Riells del Fai, May 1937.) |
| Reverse description | Blue letterpress printing with a double rectangular border formed by a dense floral and foliate ornamental frame, enclosing a plain central panel bearing the voucher designation VAL above the bold numeral denomination 50 centims. Serial numbers appear in blue at left and right outside the inner frame, and an official municipality stamp is applied in blue at centre. Below the border frame, a disclaimer in Catalan script and the printer's imprint appear in smaller type. |
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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.