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50 Cèntims 2nd Issue
| Issuer | Consell General de les Valls d'Andorra |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936) |
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| Obverse description | Light beige note produced entirely by letterpress in brown ink, with all text in Catalan arranged within an ornamental rectangular border frame. The Andorra coat of arms is set as a central vignette in the upper portion, flanked by denomination and issuing authority inscriptions. The composition is typographic in character, with decorative framing ornaments serving as the sole graphic element beyond the arms. |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress text on a plain ground, presenting the full extract of Decree No. 112 authorising the issue. The Andorra coat of arms is incorporated as a light underprint behind the central text block. The reverse is wholly typographic, carrying no pictorial vignettes. |
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Andorra issued its first domestic paper currency in 1936 under the Consell General — the co-principality's parliament — partly because the Spanish Civil War was disrupting the flow of Spanish and French coins across the border. These notes were a local stopgap, not a banking instrument in any conventional sense, printed in small quantities for a population that numbered only a few thousand at the time.
The 2nd Issue designation reflects a rapid revision of the initial 1936 series, though the precise trigger for the reissue is not well documented. Andorran notes from this period survive in surprisingly varied conditions given how few people handled them.