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20 Centimos Guadalcanal
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Guadalcanal (Sevilla) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Weight | 0.5 g |
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| Obverse description | A Spanish Republic postage stamp (20 Céntimos denomination) is printed at the centre of the cardboard disc, complete with simulated perforated edges. The stamp design features the large numeral '20' within a central oval, flanked by ornamental foliate scrollwork. The legend 'REPUBLICA ESPAÑOLA' curves along the upper portion of the stamp, with 'CÉNTIMOS' below the numeral and 'CORREOS' at the base. |
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| Reverse description | Printed circular design on the reverse of the cardboard disc, featuring a central roundel enclosing a stylised insect or bee motif with the date '1937' above and '(SEVILLA)' below. A surrounding annular legend reads 'CARTÓN MONEDA DE USO PROVISIONAL' and '· GUADALCANAL ·', separated by ornamental dots. The outermost border consists of a repeating geometric decorative band. |
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Guadalcanal, a small municipality in the Sierra Norte of Seville, issued cardboard emergency money in 1937 as Republican Spain's coinage system collapsed under wartime disruption. Small change had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply absent — forcing hundreds of individual towns and villages to print or stamp their own local fractional currency. These cartones were legal only within the issuing municipality and worthless the moment the front lines moved.
Guadalcanal fell to Nationalist forces in mid-1936, which raises genuine questions about the political authority behind this 1937 dating.