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50 Céntimos Solsona
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Solsona (Municipality of Solsona) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Turró#2390 |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper with the municipal coat of arms of Solsona as the central vignette, surmounted by a rhomboid emblem in the colors of Catalonia. Flanking the arms are ears of wheat to the left and a vignette of coal workers to the right, representing the traditional crafts of the region. All text appears in black surrounding the central design. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ajuntament de SOLSONA 50 CENTIMS Creat i garantit per acord Municipal del 19. de Agost del 1937 Solsona, 1. Setbr. del 1937 (Translation: City Council of Solsona 50 Centimos Created and guaranteed by Municipal agreement of August 19, 1937 Solsona, September 1, 1937) |
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Solsona is a small cathedral city in the Lleida comarca, and like hundreds of Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, its ajuntament was forced to print its own fractional currency after the Republic's coin supply collapsed almost entirely in 1936–37. Hoarding, melting, and the breakdown of normal supply chains had stripped small-denomination metal from everyday commerce. Local paper filled the gap.
Imprenta Litografia Sabadell y Cia. handled a remarkable volume of these municipal emergency issues across Catalonia during this period, which is why the print quality is competent but clearly optimized for speed and volume rather than security.