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50 Céntimos Cocentaina

Features

Issuer Municipality of Cocentaina (Province of Alicante)
Period Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type Emergency banknotes
Year 1937
Value 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition Paper
Size 105 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
370880
References Gari Mon# 546-B
Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2nd Edition). Expo Galería.
, TurróPV# 598
Antoni Turró i Martínez; 1995. El Paper moneda del País Valencià, 1936-1939: i altres signes monetaris emesos durant la guerra 1936-1939 = The paper money of the Valencian Country, 1936-139. Editorial AFERS, Catarroja, Spain.

Obverse

Blue and green lettering with floral perimeter framing and local emblem (tower surrounded by leaves) to the left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE COCENTAINA
PAGARA AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA CENTIMOS
CECENTAINA 21 JULIO 1937

Translation:
Municipal Council of Cocentaina
Will pay the bearer Fifty Centimos
Cecentaina, July 21, 1937

Reverse

Red and white lettering with geometric and floral perimeter border and panoramic view of the city of Cocentaina on central oval medallion.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50 CENTIMOS
COCENTAINA

Printer

Tipografía Francesc Guillem, Valencia, 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: Cocentaina - Province: Alicante - Autonomous community: Valencian Community

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1937-Jul-21  10 000 Serie A

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