Villafranca de los Caballeros is a village in the center of Spain inhabited
by 5,098 people nowadays. It
belongs to the region Castile-La Mancha, in the center of the region.
A bit about Villafranca de los Caballeros
Villafranca
de los Caballeros' name comes from being period without taxes
(villafranca) and the Knights of the Order of San Juan (de los
Caballeros).
The first settlers of Villafranca were the Iberians and Celtiberians, having been found rest of them in the excavations in Palomar de Pintado site (VII-VI B.C), unique in the center of Iberian Peninsula. During Roman domination, near Amarguillo river, there was a settlement near the town and the Iberian necropolis.
With the invasion of the Arabs, Moors and Christians live together in the town and its constructions extend over the part called Cruz de Lozano. When Toledo was conquered by Alfonso VI in 1085, they recover Consuegra and Villafranca, becoming dependent on the former, where was the seat of the Knights of the Order of San Juan. Since then, the town would depend in one way or another from the Order until the ecclesiastical confiscations of the 19th century in Spain, when the Order properties in Spain were seized and the Grand Priory was ended.
War paper-money
The village of Villafranca de los Caballeros coined banknotes of 25 céntimos, 50 céntimos and 1 peseta.
This
banknotes worth 50 céntimos was first circulated in 1937.
On
the main side it can be seen a woman, allegory of Hispania, the
national personification of Spanish Republic, appearing with a mural
crown in her head and sat in the justice chair. It is surrounded by
rays, seeming it's a sun, and the words Consejo Municipal de Villafranca
de los Caballeros (local council of the town). There is a 50 and a decorative frame.
In
the other side appears in the center Manuel Azaña, a Spanish writer and
politician who was the second Prime Minister of II Spanish Republic and
the second President of the Republic, during the Spanish Civil War too.
There are decorative elements, a 50 and cts (standing for céntimos). As
for the
digital
watermark, it has no watermark. The size of this
banknote is 8.9 cm x 6.2 cm.
A bit about Villafranca de los Caballeros
Villafranca
de los Caballeros' name comes from being period without taxes
(villafranca) and the Knights of the Order of San Juan (de los
Caballeros). The first settlers of Villafranca were the Iberians and Celtiberians, having been found rest of them in the excavations in Palomar de Pintado site (VII-VI B.C), unique in the center of Iberian Peninsula. During Roman domination, near Amarguillo river, there was a settlement near the town and the Iberian necropolis.
With the invasion of the Arabs, Moors and Christians live together in the town and its constructions extend over the part called Cruz de Lozano. When Toledo was conquered by Alfonso VI in 1085, they recover Consuegra and Villafranca, becoming dependent on the former, where was the seat of the Knights of the Order of San Juan. Since then, the town would depend in one way or another from the Order until the ecclesiastical confiscations of the 19th century in Spain, when the Order properties in Spain were seized and the Grand Priory was ended.
War paper-money
The village of Villafranca de los Caballeros coined banknotes of 25 céntimos, 50 céntimos and 1 peseta.
50 céntimos (cincuenta céntimos)
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