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10 Centimos Alió; Cooperativa Obrera
| Issuer | Cooperativa Obrera de Alió |
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| Year | 1936-1939 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain amber-toned card stock with all text letterpress-printed in black. The issuer name 'Cooperativa Obrera' appears at top in bold serif type, followed by 'ALIÓ' in capitals at centre, with four small dots beneath. The denomination 'Val: 10 cts.' is set in large type across the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | Cooperativa Obrera ALIÓ Val: 10 cts. (Translation: Worker's Cooperative. Voucher 10 Centimos) |
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Alió is a village in the Tarragonès comarca of Catalonia, with a population that barely exceeded a few hundred during the 1930s. When the Spanish Civil War disrupted the national currency supply after July 1936, hundreds of Catalan municipalities and worker cooperatives issued their own emergency scrip — the so-called *moneda local* — to keep local commerce functioning. The Cooperativa Obrera de Alió was one of the smallest issuers in this wave, producing fractional pieces in cardstock rather than printed paper, a practical choice when proper banknote stock was unavailable.
The square-ish format and thick substrate are characteristic of the most improvised end of this coinage substitute spectrum, closer to a token than a note.