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50 Céntimos Robres
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Robres |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on pink paper, the obverse carries the issuer name 'Consejo Municipal' in plain roman type above the large bold display text 'ROBRES', which is separated from the denomination line by a double horizontal rule. The voucher value 'VALE por 50 cts.' appears at the lower portion in bold serif type. A faint oval municipal validation stamp is visible in the central field. |
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| Protection type | Stamp |
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Robres is a small municipality in Huesca province, Aragon — during the Spanish Civil War, hundreds of local councils across Republican-held Spain issued their own fractional paper currency after metallic coin disappeared almost entirely from circulation by mid-1936. These emergency municipals, collectively known as billetes locales, were authorized under a patchwork of regional decrees and varied wildly in quality, production method, and legal standing.
The Gari Monetario reference confirms attribution, though documentation on Robres specifically is thin. Notes of this type frequently show rubber-stamp authorization as the sole security feature — simple, but sufficient for a village economy where everyone knew everyone.