Catalog
25 Céntimos Ador
| Issuer | Consejería de Abastecimientos de Ador |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejería de Abastecimientos ADOR Vale por 25 céntimos (Translation: Supplies Department Ador Voucher for 25 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is completely blank, showing only the unprinted cream fibrous paper stock with no text, vignette, or any printed element. |
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Ador is a small municipality in the comarca of La Safor, Valencia. During the Spanish Civil War, dozens of Valencian villages issued their own emergency fractional currency — locally known as cartones or vales — when Republican Spain ran short of small-denomination coinage after 1936. Ador's 25 céntimos falls squarely into this phenomenon, issued by the municipal supply council rather than a banking authority.
These village-level emissions were rarely printed in large quantities, and survival rates are uneven — many were redeemed and pulped, others simply lost. The issuing body, the Consejería de Abastecimientos, handled rationing and provisioning duties, which is why such councils ended up as de facto monetary authorities in their communities.