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50 Centimos de Monte Montesclaros, Toledo; lynx
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Montesclaros (Toledo) |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the municipal coat of arms of Montesclaros (Toledo), consisting of a quartered shield surmounted by a noble crown, with the lower quarters depicting stylized mountain forms referencing the town's toponym. The shield is rendered in relief within the inner bimetallic core. The legend MONTESCLAROS arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 50 Cents de MONTE curves along the lower periphery, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Montesclaros is a depopulated municipality in Toledo province — a despoblado with a registered population that had fallen to single digits by the early 21st century. Spanish emergency decree law from 2011 allowed municipalities, including near-extinct ones, to issue local complementary currency as a tool for micro-regional economic stimulus. Montesclaros used that window to produce this piece, with the Iberian lynx serving as the thematic anchor — an animal then estimated at fewer than 300 individuals in the wild, its last strongholds concentrated in Andalusia, not far from Castilla-La Mancha.