Catalog
10 Céntimos Játiva
| Issuer | Játiva, Municipality of |
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| Value | 10 Centimos (0.10 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue with a single-line rectangular border and geometric decorative elements repeated from the obverse. The municipal coat of arms of Játiva is rendered in red at centre, flanked by the issuing authority inscription and denomination. |
| Reverse lettering | Consejo Municipal JATIVA 10 CTS (Translation: Municipal Council Játiva 10 Centimos) |
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Játiva — today spelled Xàtiva — issued emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republican zone suffered an acute shortage of small-denomination coinage almost immediately after July 1936. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities issued their own emergency notes and tokens to fill the gap, and Játiva was among the Valencian towns that turned to thick card stock rather than conventional banknote paper, largely because proper printing materials were simply unavailable.
At 54 × 42 mm, these are among the smallest pieces in the entire Republican municipal emergency series. Attrition rates were high — heavily handled, often soaked through pockets, and discarded once the wartime shortages eased.