Catalog
0.05 Pesetas Benabarre
| Issuer | Colectividad de Benabarre (C.N.T. - A.I.T.) |
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| Value | 5 Centimos (0.05 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress text on off-white to greenish card stock, with all inscriptions in black ink. The issuing authority appears at the top, the anarcho-syndicalist affiliation on the second line, and the large denomination numeral occupies the centre field. The committee endorsement and local value declaration are printed in smaller type toward the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Colectividad de Benabarre C.N.T.- A.I.T. 0`05 ptas. EL COMITÉ VALOR INTERIOR (Translation: Collectivity of Benabarre C.N.T.- A.I.T. 0.05 Pesetas The Committee Local Value) |
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Benabarre is a small town in the Ribagorza comarca of Aragon, and this 5-céntimo fractional was issued by its CNT-aligned collective during the Spanish Civil War — one of hundreds of local emergency issues that flooded Aragon and Catalonia after the July 1936 uprising fractured normal commerce overnight. The anarcho-syndicalist collectives filled the coin vacuum themselves, printing on whatever card stock was available, which accounts for the heavier substrate here.
Gari Mon #274-A suggests early or primary type within the Benabarre sequence. Given the town's size, total print runs were almost certainly tiny, and attrition from actual daily use has been severe.