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50 Céntimos Villanueva
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Villanueva |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 104 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Orange letterpress printing on plain paper with the municipal crowned coat of arms at centre, flanked by columns. Denomination and payment obligation text surround the central vignette, with the issue date of 8 July 1937 incorporated into the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | AYUNTAMIENTO / VILLANUEVA 50 CENTIMOS (Translation: City Council / Villanueva 50 Centimos) |
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During the Spanish Civil War, the Republican zone suffered an acute shortage of fractional coinage almost immediately after July 1936. Copper and silver were hoarded or melted, and the central government was slow to respond. Hundreds of municipalities across Catalonia, Valencia, and Aragon stepped into the vacuum by issuing their own emergency paper — these are the billetes locales, and Villanueva's 50 céntimos is a product of exactly that crisis.
There are multiple towns named Villanueva in Spain; Gari Mon#1609-B places this within the broader Catalan municipal series, but the issuing authority is small enough that documented circulation data is sparse.