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10 Centimos Arjona
| Issuer | Comité del Frente Popular de Arjona |
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| Value | 10 Centimos (0.10 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Oval cardboard emergency note with a bold black typeset legend arranged around the perimeter and across the field. The upper arc bears the inscription 'Comité del Frente Popular' and the lower arc reads 'ARJONA (Jaén)', framing the large central denomination '10 cts' in prominent block lettering. A decorative border of small geometric dot and floral motifs encircles the entire oval field, providing a simple but structured frame typical of Spanish Civil War emergency issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | Comité del Frente Popular 10 cts ARJONA (Jaén) (Translation: Popular Front Committee 10 Centimos Arjona (Jaen)) |
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Arjona is a small municipality in Jaén province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it faced an acute shortage of small change after the Republican government's financial system fragmented following July 1936. Local committees — this one tied directly to the Frente Popular coalition — printed their own cardboard emergency fractional currency to keep daily commerce moving. These pieces were never intended to outlast the war, which is precisely why surviving examples in any condition are scarce.