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25 Céntimos Algemesí
| Issuer | Algemesí, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | Bicolour letterpress note printed in brown and green, enclosed within a geometric guilloche border. The central vignette presents a rural agricultural scene of a farmer ploughing the land with a two-horse team, evoking the agrarian character of the Algemesí region. The payment obligation legend and denomination appear within the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR 25 CÉNTIMOS (Translation: Will pay the bearer 25 Centimos) |
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Algemesí is a small agricultural town in Valencia, and like hundreds of other Republican municipalities during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency paper money in 1937 when the central government's coinage effectively disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply absent. These local emissions were authorized under a Republican decree permitting municipalities to fill the fractional currency void, but in practice the quality, quantity, and redemption guarantees varied enormously from one town to the next.
Catalan and Valencian municipal notes from this period survive in wildly uneven numbers. Algemesí's issues are not among the rarer ones, but the 25 céntimos denomination saw the heaviest day-to-day use and shows it.