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50 Centimos Sardañola-Ripollet; Federación Local de Colectividades
| Issuer | Federación Local de Colectividades Sardañola-Ripollet |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress on cream paper, the reverse carries the union initials "C.N.T. - U.G.T." in bold type at the top, flanked by four circular corner medallions each inscribed "50". A central ornamental cartouche with scrolled foliate devices contains the denomination "CINCUENTA CENTIMOS" in white reserve. A black typeset serial number appears at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 C.N.T. - U.G.T. CINCUENTA CENTIMOS Nº 01636 (Translation: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo - Unión General de Trabajadores Fifty Centimos) |
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Sardañola and Ripollet are two small municipalities on the northern outskirts of Barcelona that were collectively administered by anarcho-syndicalist committees during the Civil War. The Federación Local de Colectividades — a federation of worker-run collectivized enterprises — issued these small-denomination emergency notes to facilitate exchange within the local economy after the July 1936 uprising effectively severed normal monetary channels. Joan Sabadell was a Barcelona printer with no particular distinction in security printing, which shows in the relatively simple execution.
The AL#131 reference places this within the broader Arxiu Local series documenting Catalan Civil War-era local issues, of which hundreds exist.