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10 Céntimos Candasnos
| Issuer | Colectividad Libre de Candasnos (CNT-AIT) |
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| Value | 10 Centimos (0.10 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Red-toned card stock with all text and framing printed in black letterpress. A double-rule rectangular border encloses the entire design; the upper register carries the anarcho-syndicalist affiliations 'C. N. T.' and 'A. I. T.' flanking the bold title 'Colectividad Libre' above the locality name 'CANDASNOS', separated from the lower register by a double horizontal rule. The denomination '10 cts.' appears in large bold type in the lower right portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Plain red card stock bearing a hand-applied rubber control stamp in blue-violet ink, applied at an angle and reading partially legible text including 'CONTROL', validating the note for circulation. No printed design elements are present beyond the stamp impression. |
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Candasnos is a tiny municipality in Huesca, Aragon — population well under a thousand even in the 1930s. During the anarcho-syndicalist collectivization of 1936–37, the CNT-AIT organized hundreds of these village-level collectives across Republican Spain, many of which issued their own local scrip when the national currency became scarce or ideologically inconvenient. This note is one result of that decentralized monetary experiment: hyper-local, backed by collective labor rather than a central bank, and valid only within the bounds of the community that printed it.
The control stamp served as the sole authentication mechanism — a practical solution when sophisticated printing infrastructure simply wasn't available.