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25 Céntimos Alamillo
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Alamillo |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL ALAMILLO Vale por 25 céntimos Nº [serial] Emisión Noviembre 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council Alamillo Valid for 25 Centimos No. [serial] Issue November 1937.) |
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| Protection description | Circular municipal stamp applied in reddish-brown ink on the reverse, reading CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE ALAMILLO with a five-pointed star, serving as the principal authentication device. |
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Alamillo is a small municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, and like hundreds of similar towns across Republican Spain, it was forced to print its own fractional currency in 1937 after the hoarding of metallic coin — silver especially — created a near-total collapse of small-change circulation. These local emergency notes, collectively known as papel moneda municipal, were produced without any central oversight, which is why the quality of materials and execution varies so dramatically from town to town. Alamillo's thick card stock was a practical choice: it lasted longer in daily commerce than thin paper.
The Gari Montllor catalog remains the primary reference for this obscure branch of Spanish Civil War numismatics.