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50 Céntimos Torrevieja, Sociedad de Camareros, Hoteleros y Anexos
| Issuer | Sociedad de Camareros, Hoteleros y Anexos, Torrevieja (U.G.T. - Casa del Pueblo) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Cincuenta centimos Sociedad de Camareros Hoteleros y Anexos VALE POR 50 CTS. Torrevieja, octubre de 1937 El Presidente, Núm. 50 centimos (Translation: Fifty Centimos / Society of Waiters, Hoteliers, and Related Businesses / Voucher for 50 Centimos / Torrevieja, October 1937 / The President, / No. / 50 centimos) |
| Reverse description | Otherwise plain cream card stock bearing a large circular violet rubber stamp applied centrally, with a serrated outer border. The stamp legend reads 'SOCIEDAD DE CAMAREROS, HOTELEROS Y ANEXOS - TORREVIEJA' around the perimeter, enclosing the initials 'U.G.T.' above the inscription 'Casa del Pueblo' in the centre field. Faint partial impressions of the obverse design are visible by transparency. |
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Civil War-era Spain produced hundreds of these small-denomination local emergency issues, most tied to trade union affiliations. This one was issued by a hospitality and service workers' union — the camareros and hoteleros — operating under the U.G.T. umbrella out of the Casa del Pueblo in Torrevieja, a coastal salt-industry town in Alicante province. When the Republican zone's small coinage essentially evaporated from circulation in 1936–37, local unions, municipalities, and cooperatives filled the vacuum with card-stock tokens like this one.
The Gari Mon cataloguing for Valencia-region emergency notes is the primary reference for this material, and survival rates for Torrevieja union issues are low — these circulated hard in a small, working-class community.