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50 Céntimos Vallibona

Issuer Consejo Municipal de Vallibona
Year 1937
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Value 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP)
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Obverse lettering 50 céntimos EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL Vallibona Pagará al portador 50 céntimos
(Translation: 50 Centimos The Municipal Council Vallibona Will pay the bearer 50 Centimos)
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Protection description Circular violet rubber stamp of the Consejo Municipal de Vallibona applied to the reverse, serving as official authentication.
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Vallibona is a village in the Ports comarca of Castellón — its 1937 population was under 300 people. Like dozens of similarly isolated Republican municipalities during the Civil War, the local council issued its own fractional emergency currency when the peseta coinage supply collapsed entirely. The Banco de España had suspended silver and bronze coin production, and the central government's cardboard selos habilitados weren't reaching everywhere.

The validation stamp is the only security measure — entirely typical for this class of issue, where the council's rubber stamp was the sole thing distinguishing legal tender from blank paper.

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