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50 Céntimos Vilassar de Mar
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Vilassar de Mar |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Dark blue letterpress text on plain paper, with a central pen-drawn vignette of two sailing fishing boats rendered in a naïve illustrative style, evoking the maritime and seafaring tradition of the coastal town. The reverse carries the full legal tender inscription in Catalan text arranged around the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 CÈNTIMS CONSELL MUNICIPAL VILASSAR DE MAR DE CURS OBLIGATORI PER TOT EL TERME MUNICIPAL DE VILASSAR DE MAR (Translation: 50 Centimos Municipal Council Vilassar de Mar Mandatory currency for the entire municipality of Vilassar de Mar) |
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Vilassar de Mar was one of hundreds of Catalan municipalities that issued its own emergency fractional currency during the summer of 1936, when the outbreak of the Civil War caused an almost immediate hoarding of metallic coin and left local commerce effectively paralyzed. These ajuntament-issued notes — often called "moneda de necessitat" — filled a gap the Republic's central banking apparatus simply could not address quickly enough at the local level.
The C.A.M. printer in Barcelona handled a substantial volume of these municipal issues across the region, which means production quality is relatively consistent, but individual designs and authorization texts vary considerably from town to town.