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50 Céntimos Zalamea de la Serena
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Zalamea de la Serena |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#1652-E |
| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on light blue paper, the obverse carries the issuer name in two lines separated by horizontal rules, with the denomination line and a stamped serial number in the centre. The issue date appears at the foot in italic script. The design is entirely typographic, with no vignette or ornamental underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL ZALAMEA DE LA SERENA Vale por 50 céntimos Emisión Noviembre 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council Zalamea de la Serena Voucher for 50 Centimos Issue November 1937.) |
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Zalamea de la Serena is a small town in Extremadura — Republican-held territory during 1937 — and like hundreds of similarly isolated municipalities it issued emergency fractional paper when the Republic's small-denomination coinage effectively vanished from circulation due to hoarding and disruption. These hyper-local municipal issues were authorized under a general Republican decree permitting town councils to produce their own provisional change, which is why so many stylistically crude notes from obscure Extremaduran municipalities exist from this period.
The Gari Monetary catalogue remains the principal reference for these Spanish Civil War local issues, and the 1652-E designation suggests a relatively well-documented emission for a town this size.