Issued by the Spanish Republic's Military Health Council during the Civil War, this cardboard emergency piece belongs to a category of necessity currency produced when metal was being consumed by the war effort. The Consejo Superior de Sanidad Militar issued these specifically to fund medical services — the "Especial Movil" designation indicates a fiscal stamp repurposed for small-denomination exchange rather than a conventionally minted coin. Cardboard issues from 1938 survive in disproportionately poor condition given the obvious material fragility, and Miró 78 is among the more elusive of the sanidad types.
Issued by the Spanish Republic's Military Health Council during the Civil War, this cardboard emergency piece belongs to a category of necessity currency produced when metal was being consumed by the war effort. The Consejo Superior de Sanidad Militar issued these specifically to fund medical services — the "Especial Movil" designation indicates a fiscal stamp repurposed for small-denomination exchange rather than a conventionally minted coin. Cardboard issues from 1938 survive in disproportionately poor condition given the obvious material fragility, and Miró 78 is among the more elusive of the sanidad types.