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0.50 Pesetas Port de la Selva

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Issuer Municipality of El Port de la Selva (Province of Girona)
Period Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type Emergency banknotes
Year 1937
Value 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition Paper
Size 101 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
334886
References Turró# 1968
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# 1159-A
Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2nd Edition). Expo Galería.

Obverse

Panoramic view of this bay on the Costa Brava, with the town in the background and a circle of cardinal points with the emblem of Catalonia inside

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AJUNTAMENT
0'50 PESSETES
PORT DE LA SELVA

Translation:
City Council
0.50 Pesetas
Port de la Selva

Reverse

Bunch of grapes and fishing net with anchor, symbolizing the winemaking and seafaring vocation

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VAL PER 0'50 PESSETES
PORT DE LA SELVA JULIOL 1937

Translation:
Valid for 0.50 Pesetas
Port de la Selva July 1937

Printer

Imprenta Trayter, Figueres, 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: El Port de la Selva - Province: Girona - Autonomous community: Catalonia

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1937-Jul  4 000

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