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50 Céntimos Villargordo
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Villargordo |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse lettering | Villargordo Vale por 50 céntimos contra depósito de igual cantidad en el Consejo Municipal de ésta. 7 JUL. 1937 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is left blank apart from a handwritten authorisation signature in black ink applied diagonally across the centre, accompanied by an oval official dry stamp of the issuing Municipal Council, partially legible. |
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Villargordo is a small municipality in Jaén province, Andalusia. During the Spanish Civil War, the Republican zone suffered an acute shortage of fractional coinage — silver had been hoarded or melted, and the central government could not supply small change fast enough. Hundreds of municipal councils, including tiny villages like Villargordo, responded by issuing their own emergency paper currency, often on whatever card stock was locally available, with authority derived from little more than a rubber stamp and a council resolution.
The near-minimal dimensions place this among the smallest emergency issues of the conflict.