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50 Céntimos Villajoyosa
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Villajoyosa |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | = 50 = cèntimos. EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL de VILLAJOYOSA pagará al portador cincuenta céntimos de peseta. Villajoyosa 24 Mayo 1937. El Consejero General. El Consejero de Economia. (Translation: 50 Centimos. The Municipal Council of Villajoyosa will pay the bearer fifty centimos of peseta. Villajoyosa, 24 May 1937. The General Councillor. The Councillor of Economy.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue ink, the reverse presents a plain single-line rectangular perimeter frame enclosing the municipal coat of arms centrally positioned, with the issuer name and denomination value arranged around it in plain letterpress type. |
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Villajoyosa — a small coastal town in Alicante province — was one of hundreds of Spanish municipalities that issued emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation by mid-1936. The Consejo Municipal issues were purely local instruments, accepted within the town and worthless beyond it. Many were printed on whatever stock was available, which is why paper quality and ink consistency vary so sharply within a single series.
The Gari Montllor catalogue remains the definitive reference for these municipal Spanish Civil War emissions, and the -B suffix on this listing indicates a recognized variety within the type.