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1 Centimo San Carlos de la Rápita
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | A rectangular postage stamp design printed on a white background is affixed centrally to the round cardboard disc. The stamp features a green decorative border with ornamental corner flourishes. At the top center of the stamp, a royal crown is depicted in green. The legend ESPAÑA appears horizontally across the upper field, with CORREOS inscribed vertically along both the left and right borders. The large numeral 1 occupies the center of the stamp, with the denomination CÉNTIMO inscribed below in capital letters. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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San Carlos de la Rápita, a fishing town in Tarragona province, issued its own cardboard emergency currency during the Spanish Civil War when metal was diverted entirely to the war effort and the Republican central government could not supply sufficient small-denomination coinage to keep local commerce functioning. These fichas, produced by municipal and commercial authorities across Republican-held Catalonia in 1937, were never legal tender beyond the issuing locality — often redeemable only at specific shops or cooperatives.
Cardboard degrades. Survivors in collectible condition are far less common than their original print runs suggest.