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50 Céntimos Torroella de Montgrí
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Torroella de Montgrí |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Turró#2564 |
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| Obverse lettering | L'Ajuntament de Torroella de Montgrí pagarà al portador en moneda legal Cinquanta cts. Acord municipal de 6 agost del 1937. L'Alcalde, Francesc Salis El Secretari-Interventor, Ll. Custals El Dipositari, Climent Roig (Translation: The City Council of Torroella de Montgrí will pay the bearer in legal tender Fifty Centimos. Municipal agreement of 6 August 1937. The Mayor, Francesc Salis The Secretary-Interventor, Ll. Custals The Depositary, Climent Roig) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 CTS. (Translation: 50 Centimos) |
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Torroella de Montgrí is a small Catalan municipality on the Costa Brava, and this note is one of thousands of emergency fractional issues produced by Spanish Republican local governments during the Civil War after the hoarding and melting of metal coinage left everyday commerce effectively paralyzed. The Generalitat de Catalunya formally authorized municipal emissions in 1937, giving legal cover to what many towns had already been doing out of necessity.
Three signatures — alcalde, secretary-interventor, and depositary — were required for authorization, a formality that speaks to how seriously these bodies treated their improvised monetary role even under wartime conditions.