Catalog
50 Centimos Vilabella
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Vilabella (City Council of Vilabella) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cardboard disc bearing the municipal legend AJUNTAMENT DE VILABELLA printed in blue ink arranged around the upper field. A small crowned tower emblem, representing the local civic arms, appears centrally at the top of the design. The minimalist typeset composition is characteristic of Spanish Civil War-era emergency municipal issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | S'abonarà al portador 50 CÈNTIMS (Translation: The bearer will be credited with 50 Centims.) |
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Vilabella is a small municipality in the Alt Camp comarca of Tarragona, and like hundreds of Spanish towns it resorted to locally produced cardboard emergency currency during the Civil War after Republican authorities failed to distribute sufficient small change. These issues — collectively called *moneda de cartró* — were typically authorized and printed at the municipal level with minimal oversight, which is why catalog numbers vary so widely between references and why surviving examples often differ in color, print quality, or backing.
Turró and Garí Mon frequently disagree on subtype classifications for Vilabella issues, making cross-referencing essential before attributing a specific piece.