OG0192

50 cent note. Bank note

Ref Num.: OG0192

Date: 1937

Typology: Graphic works

Technique: Printed paper

Dimensions: 6 x 10.7 cm

Signed: Unsigned and undated

Barcelona, MNAC, Coin collection

A series of 50 cent bank notes issued by Olot Municipal Council and printed by Indústries Gràfiques Seix i Barral in Barcelona in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (23rd June 1937). Legal tender issued in a run of 200,000 notes. On the reverse side of the notes there is a reproduction of an Olot landscape by the painter Joaquim Vayreda drawn by Xavier Nogués. These bank notes were donated by Antònio Piera Comas from the Friends of the Museums of Catalonia. (Coin collection, nos. 92.124, 92.125, 106.839, 106.840, 106.841, 106.842, 106.843, 106.844, 106.845, 106.846, 106.849, 106.850 and 335.993). Image rights: Numista.

Antonio Piera Comas donation, 1965

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