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50 Céntimos Vilanova de Prades
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Vilanova de Prades |
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| Printer | Imprenta Mestres, Montblanc, Spain |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in dark blue ink on plain paper, with the issuing authority name and bearer clause in uppercase letters across the upper half, above the large-denomination legend 'CINQUANTA CENTIMS' in bold display type. The entire face is enclosed within a decorative rope-and-twist border of two concentric rectangular frames, with a further ornamental guilloche band running horizontally below the text area. The printer's imprint 'IMP. MESTRES MONTBLANC' appears in small capitals at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in dark blue ink, with the issuing authority name in a single line of uppercase letters across the top. The central field carries the numeral '50' in bold display type above the denomination 'CENTIMS', set within a recessed panel defined by corner bracket ornaments. The entire surface is covered by a fine uniform dotted underprint forming the background, with serial numbers appearing in the left and right lateral panels flanking the central denomination block. |
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Vilanova de Prades is a small municipality in the Conca de Barberà comarca of Tarragona, and like hundreds of other Catalan towns it issued its own fractional emergency currency during the Civil War period when coinage effectively vanished from circulation. The Ajuntament turned to Imprenta Mestres in nearby Montblanc — a practical choice given the town's size and limited means, and Montblanc served as a regional printing hub for several such local issues in the comarca.
Turró #2853 places this among the documented Catalan Civil War municipals, though surviving examples are scarce simply because most small-run local issues were redeemed or discarded once the crisis passed.