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50 Céntimos Rojales
| Issuer | Alcaldía de Rojales (Municipality of Rojales) |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper ground with the entire face enclosed within a geometric letterpress border composed of repeating triangular and linear ornamental units in blue ink. The text body is set in italic letterpress type, with the denomination '50 céntimos' rendered in bold display type at centre; a hand-stamped serial number appears in the upper field. Signature lines for 'El Alcalde' and 'El Tesorero' are printed below the main text block, with the printer's imprint 'Imp. Alonso - Almoradí Control U.G.T.' appearing at the foot outside the border. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted cream paper ground bearing a single large circular red ink validation stamp at centre, reading 'ALCALDÍA DE ROJALES' around the outer ring with '(Alicante)' along the inner arc, enclosing a central vignette of a heraldic device. The stamp impression is applied by hand and shows slight ink bleed consistent with wartime production. |
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Rojales is a small Valencian municipality in the Vega Baja del Segura, and this 50 céntimos note is a product of the Republican zone's chronic small-change crisis during the Civil War. The Nationalist blockade and wartime hoarding of metallic coin left municipal governments with no choice but to print their own fractional paper, legally authorized under a 1936 decree that briefly made every town hall a de facto issuing authority.
The printer, Imp. Alonso in nearby Almoradí, operated under U.G.T. workers' control — a detail worth noting, since it reflects the anarcho-syndicalist and socialist reorganization of commercial enterprises across Republican territory in 1937. The official stamp serves as the primary validation, without which the note had no standing even within Rojales itself.