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50 Céntimos Xerta
| Issuer | Consell Municipal de Xerta |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in black on plain paper, with a geometric border frame enclosing the full text field. The four-barred coat of arms of Catalonia appears in the upper left corner, serving as the sole vignette. The remaining face is occupied entirely by the issuing authority text and legal tender declaration in Catalan. |
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| Obverse lettering | Generalitat de Catalunya Consell Municipal de Xerta EMISIÓ 1937 CERTIFICAT DE 50 cèntims de curs legal en aquesta localitat, per a facilitar el canvi, segons acord d`aquest Consell. La seva validesa l`acredita el segell d`aquest Municipi, estampat al dors (Translation: Generalitat of Catalonia Municipal Council of Xerta Issue 1937 Certificate of 50 Centimos legal tender in this locality, to facilitate the exchange, as agreed by this Council. Its validity is certified by the seal of this Municipality, stamped on the back) |
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One of hundreds of small-denomination emergency notes issued by Catalan municipalities during the Civil War, when the Republic's central banking system had effectively collapsed and local councils were left to fill the gap. Xerta — a village on the Ebre in Tarragona province — issued its own paper scrip out of necessity, not any formal monetary authority.
Turró catalogues these localitat notes extensively; #2917 places this among the later 1937 emissions, by which point the Francoist advance through Aragon was beginning to close in on the region. The Ebre front would form less than a year later, just kilometres away.