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10 Céntimos Alfambra
| Issuer | Colectividad de Alfambra |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue on salmon-orange paper stock, the face of this wartime emergency voucher is enclosed by a double-rule letterpress border composed of small squares and dashed lines. The issuer name "Colectividad de Alfambra" appears in serifed capitals at the top, above the denomination statement in large bold type; signature lines for "El Cajero" and "El Presidente" flank the centre field. Two applied control stamps are visible: an oval violet ink stamp of the Sindicato de Trabajadores of Alfambra at centre-left, and a rectangular red "Control Moneda – Colectividad Alfambra" stamp at centre-right. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted, showing the plain salmon-orange paper surface with no text, imagery, or decorative elements. |
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Alfambra is a small municipality in Teruel province, Aragon — one of the most bitterly contested regions of the Spanish Civil War. Like dozens of Republican-controlled villages in 1936–37, the local collective issued its own fractional paper currency to address the near-total disappearance of metallic coin from daily commerce. Bronze and copper had been hoarded, melted, or simply vanished from circulation as the war disrupted the national supply chain.
These village-issue emergency notes, known collectively as "moneda local," were produced under wildly varying conditions — some printed by established firms, many by local presses with minimal equipment. Alfambra changed hands during the Aragon Offensive in 1938, after which any surviving local scrip became worthless overnight.