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10 Céntimos Muniesa
| Issuer | Colectividad Libre de Muniesa |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note printed in black letterpress, with a geometric rectangular border framing the entire face. The municipal coat of arms of Muniesa is positioned to the left, while the central text panel carries the issuing authority name, the bearer clause, and the denomination in a simple typographic layout consistent with Civil War-era local emergency issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | Colectividad Libre de Muniesa Esta Colectividad reconoce a favor del portador la cantidad de 10 céntimos EMISIÓN 1937 (Translation: Free Collectivity of Muniesa This Collectivity recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of 10 Centimos Issue 1937) |
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Muniesa is a small municipality in the province of Teruel, Aragon — precisely the kind of rural community where anarchist collectivization took hold most completely during 1936–37. The Colectividad Libre de Muniesa was a genuine libertarian collective, and like dozens of similar bodies across Republican Aragon, it issued its own local currency to facilitate internal exchange after conventional money had largely ceased to function in the village economy. These notes were not legal tender beyond the collective's own membership.
The Gari catalogue remains the definitive reference for Aragonese war-issue locals, and the -B suffix here indicates a variety distinction — most likely a paper stock or overprint difference from the primary listing.