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10 Céntimos Picaña
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Picaña |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on light blue card stock, the obverse is divided into two zones: a large bold numeral '10' occupies the left half, while the right half carries the issuer inscription in three lines separated by rules, with 'céntimos' in bold italic at the lower right underlined by a double rule. The typographic composition is entirely text-based, with no vignette or ornamental underprint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is left unprinted save for a partially legible violet circular validation stamp applied off-centre, a common authentication practice on Spanish Civil War municipal emergency issues. The card stock retains its plain light blue surface with no additional text or design elements. |
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Picaña is a small municipality in the Valencia province, and this 10 céntimos note is exactly what it appears to be: a local emergency scrip issued during the Spanish Civil War when the Republic's peseta coinage had all but disappeared from everyday commerce. Bronze and copper were being hoarded or absorbed by the war economy, forcing hundreds of Spanish municipalities — from major cities down to villages of a few hundred souls — to produce their own emergency fractional currency. Picaña was one of the smallest to do so.
The Turró reference places it firmly within the documented Valencian Community issues, and the Gari Mon catalogue variant suffix "-B" suggests at least two distinct versions are known.