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50 Céntimos Torrefarrera, Sindicato Agrícola y Caja Rural
| Issuer | Sindicato Agrícola y Caja Rural de Torrefarrera |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on a yellow underprint, the face is framed by a perimeter border of small repeating triangles enclosing the full institutional title. The central field carries the denomination '50 CÉNTIMOS' in bold letterpress type, flanked by decorative geometric vignettes. The lower section bears the issue date of 1 June 1937 along with signature lines designated for the Secretary-Auditor and the Accountant. |
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| Reverse lettering | SINDICATO AGRÍCOLA Y CAJA RURAL DE TORREFARRERA 50 CENTIMOS JUNIO 1937 Serie B (Translation: Agricultural Union and Rural Fund of Torrefarrera 50 Centimos June 1937 Series B) |
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Torrefarrera is a small municipality in the Lleida province of Catalonia, and this note is exactly what the war produced in hundreds of similar villages across Republican Spain: a locally issued emergency piece to cover the collapse of small-denomination coinage after 1936. The Sindicato Agrícola y Caja Rural — an agricultural cooperative with a rural credit function — had the practical authority and community trust to put paper into circulation when the Republic could not supply enough coin to keep daily commerce moving.
The thick card stock was a deliberate choice at this scale of production, giving the piece enough rigidity to survive repeated handling in a market or co-op setting without the flimsy disintegration that plagued thinner emergency issues.