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50 Céntimos Torremanzanas
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Torremanzanas |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in red ink, with a double-line rectangular border matching the obverse and scroll-work corner ornaments. The coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is printed in the centre, flanked by the denomination '50 Cts.' The surrounding text identifies the issuing authority and province in roman typeface. |
| Reverse lettering | Cincuenta céntimos / Año 1937 / Provincia de Alicante Ayuntamiento de Torremanzanas / 50 Cts. (Translation: Fifty Céntimos / Year 1937 / Province of Alicante, City Council of Torremanzanas / 50 Céntimos) |
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Torremanzanas — now officially renamed Torremanzanes — is a tiny mountain municipality in the comarca of El Comtat, Alicante, with a population that barely reached a few hundred during the 1930s. Like dozens of similarly small Republican-held towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency paper currency in 1937 when the near-total collapse of small coinage made everyday commerce impossible. The Consejo Municipal had no printing infrastructure to speak of; these notes were typically produced by local printers working with whatever materials were available, which is why surviving examples so often show uneven impression and paper inconsistencies that are features of manufacture, not damage.
The Gari Montaner catalogue remains the primary reference for Spanish Civil War local issues, and the B suffix here denotes a recognized variety within the series.