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0.25 Pesetas Otos
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Otos |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal OTOS Vale por 0'25 Ptas. (Translation: Municipal Council Otos Voucher for 0.25 Pesetas) |
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| Protection description | Oval violet rubber stamp on reverse incorporating the municipal coat of arms and the legend 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL OTOS', serving as the sole authentication device. |
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Otos is a village in the Vall d'Albaida comarca of Valencia, with a population that would have numbered only a few hundred in the 1930s. The decision to issue fractional paper currency here — as in hundreds of other small Republican-held municipalities during the Civil War — was driven by the near-total disappearance of metallic coinage from circulation after 1936, hoarded by a public that trusted silver over paper and had good reason to.
The municipal council stamp served as the only authentication. No printer, no serial number.