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50 Céntimos Voltregà
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Voltregà |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | L`AJUNTAMENT DE VOLTREGÀ RECONEIX A FAVOR DEL PORTADOR LA QUANTITAT DE 50 Cèntims SEGONS ACORD DEL 28 MAIG 1937 Voltregà 5 de juny del 1937. De curs local obligatori (Translation: The City Council of Voltregà recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of 50 Centimos according to agreement of May 28, 1937. Voltregà, June 5, 1937. Mandatory local currency) |
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| Reverse lettering | AJUNTAMENT CONSTITUCIONAL - DE VOLTREGÀ (Translation: Constitutional City Council of Voltregà) |
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One of hundreds of local emergency issues that flooded Catalonia after the July 1936 uprising disrupted coin supply across the Republic. Municipal governments — many of them tiny — were effectively forced to print their own fractional currency because the central authorities couldn't distribute small change fast enough. Voltregà, a small town in Osona comarca, was no exception.
El Secretariat Català printed a significant volume of these municipal wartime issues out of Barcelona, making their work identifiable across numerous Turró-catalogued pieces from this period.