Catalog
0.50 Pesetas Almódovar del Campo
| Issuer | Electro-Harinera-Panificadora de Almodóvar del Campo |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher on plain cream paper, entirely in black ink. A mosaic-pattern geometric border frames the entire note, with decorative corner blocks and a continuous ornamental surround. The issuer name "Electro-Harinera-Panificadora de Almodóvar del Campo" is set in bold serif type across the upper field, above the denomination legend "Vale por 0,50 pta." in large display lettering; a manuscript serial number line reading "Núm." appears at the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | Electro-Harinera-Panificadora de Almodóvar del Campo Vale por 0,50 pta. (Translation: Electro Flour-Bread Maker of Almodovar del Campo Voucher for 0.50 Pesetas) |
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A genuine oddity of the Spanish Civil War's localized monetary collapse: this note was issued not by a municipality or savings institution but by a flour mill and bakery cooperative — the Electro-Harinera-Panificadora — operating in a small Ciudad Real town of perhaps a few thousand inhabitants. When the Republic's small-change supply evaporated after 1936, commercial enterprises across Spain improvised their own fractional scrip. A mill issuing bread vouchers that functioned as money is about as close to commodity-backed currency as the period produced.
The 50×32mm format is among the smallest produced during the war's local emergency issues.