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25 Centimos 502nd battalion
| Issuer | 502 Batallón, 28 División, 126 Brigada Mixta (Spanish Republican Army) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown letterpress reverse centred on a large oval vignette enclosing the numeral 25, flanked by two smaller ovals bearing CÉNTIMOS. A banner above reads 502 BATALLÓN and a lower banner reads 28 DIVISIÓN · 126 BRIGADA. Serial number printed twice in blue ink, at upper right and lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | 502 BATALLÓN CÉNTIMOS 25 CÉNTIMOS 28 DIVISION · 126 BRIGADA (Translation: 502 Battalion Centimos 25 Centimos 28 Division · 126 Brigade) |
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Local military scrip issued by a Republican Army battalion during the Spanish Civil War, when the breakdown of centralized supply chains forced individual units to create their own internal exchange currency. The 502nd Battalion operated under the 126th Mixed Brigade, itself part of the 28th Division — a formation that saw action on the Aragón front. These battalion-level emissions were never formally sanctioned by the Republican Treasury and circulated only within the issuing unit, redeemable in theory against future pay.
Survival rate is low. Most were discarded, destroyed, or rendered worthless when units were disbanded or overrun.