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50 Céntimos Olvan

Features

Issuer Municipality of Olvan (Province of Barcelona)
Period Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type Emergency banknotes
Year 1937
Value 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition Paper
Size 99 × 62 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
333975
References Turró# 1705
Antoni Turró i Martínez; 2007. Les Emissions Monetàries oficials de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939): I: Andorra, Illes Balears i Catalunya (Generalitat i Locals) = The official Monetary Issues of the Civil War (1936-1939). Societat Catalana d'Estudis Numismàtics, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain.
, Gari Mon# 1028-B
Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2nd Edition). Expo Galería.

Obverse

Ears of wheat with big factory with smoking chimneys in the background, floral ornamental frame.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AJUNTAMENT D'OLVAN
50 CTS.
La Caixa Municipal reintegrará al portador cinquanta cèntims.

Translation:
City Council of Olvan
50 Centimos
The "Caixa Municipal" will reimburse the bearer Fifty Centimos.

Reverse

Ornamental floral decoration in the left area, face value in a circle

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50 CTS.
VAL AUTORITZAT PER A CIRCULAR DINS AQUEST TERME MUNICIPAL
cinquanta cèntims

Translation:
50 Centimos
Authorized voucher to circulatewithiin this municipal term
Fifty Centimos

Printer

Imprenta Avant, Barcelona, Spain

Comments

Local Spanish Civil War banknotes: Created by municipalities, cooperatives, unions and other organizations due to the scarcity of fiduciary currency in small purchases and exchanges during the Spanish Civil War.

Municipality: Olvan - Province: Barcelona - Autonomous community: Catalonia

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1937)  10 000 No date (May 27, 1937)

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