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50 Céntimos Sudanell
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Sudanell (Municipality of Sudanell) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress issue printed in violet ink on plain paper, with a rectangular border composed of stars and ruled lines forming the outer frame. The issuer name is underlined within the text block, set against a light violet underprint, with all inscriptions arranged in a plain typographical layout typical of Civil War-era Spanish municipal emergency issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Ajuntament de Sudanell Val de CINQUANTA cèntims circulació obligatoria dintre la població, garantit per l`Ajuntament. Sudanell, març del 1937. (Translation: City Council of Sudanell Voucher of Fifty Centimos mandatory circulation within the town, guaranteed by the City Council. Sudanell, March 1937.) |
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Sudanell is a village in the Segrià comarca of Lleida, Catalonia — population a few hundred even today. During the Civil War, hundreds of Catalan and Aragonese municipalities issued their own fractional paper currency after metallic coins effectively vanished from circulation following the July 1936 uprising. These local emissions, collectively known as paper moneda municipal, were authorized under the Generalitat de Catalunya and are documented in the Turró catalog, which remains the standard reference for the series.
The Sudanell emission is among the more obscure entries in that catalog. Small-run village issues like this one rarely survived in quantity — everyday handling destroyed most of them, and few residents had reason to preserve what was, functionally, emergency small change.