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50 Céntimos Bosost

Features

Issuer Municipality of Bossòst (Province of Lleida)
Period Second Republic (1936-1939)
Type Emergency banknotes
Year 1937
Value 50 Centimos (0.50 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1936-1939)
Composition Paper
Size 108 × 68 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
332377
References Turró# 508
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# 361-C
Andreu Garí Berges, Juan Montaner Amorós; 2016. Los billetes: Billetes municipales (guerra civil española) 1936-1939 = The banknotes (2nd Edition). Expo Galería.

Obverse

Banknote with simple framing and green background of geometric shapes

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Ajuntament de Bosost
Aquest bitllet es de circulació obligatòria dintre de la població, està garantitzat per l'Ajuntament i
val 50 cèntims
Bosost, juliol del 1937

Translation:
City Council Bosost
This banknote is mandatory for circulation within the town, is guaranteed by the City Council and
its value is 50 Centimos
Bosost, July 1937

Reverse

Face value framed by geometric shapes of red dots

Script: Latin

Lettering: 50 cèntims

Translation: 50 Céntimos

Printer

Arts Gràfiques Ilerda, Lleida, 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: Bosost (Current name: Bossòst) - Province: Lleida - Autonomous community: Catalonia

NOTE: This banknote is part of the Second Issue, dated July 1937 but created later on an unknown date. It differs from the banknote of the First Issue because it has the reverse unprinted (blank).

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1937-Jul  2 000

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