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25 Céntimos Almadén
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Almadén |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Blue note with a geometric border frame enclosing the municipal coat of arms surmounted by a crown at left, flanked by floral ornamental designs, and at right a vignette of two crossed hammers with a suspended central element — an allusion to Almadén's mining heritage. The face value and issuing authority are set in typeset lettering across the centre and lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Blue note with a simple single-line rectangular border frame surrounding a central panel in which the face value is set within a decorative cartouche, with the issuing authority's name in typeset lettering above. |
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Almadén, a mercury-mining town in the province of Ciudad Real, issued its own fractional notes during the Spanish Civil War as the Republican zone suffered an acute shortage of coinage. The Consejo Municipal — essentially the local governing council operating under wartime conditions — produced these small-denomination pieces to keep day-to-day commerce moving when metallic currency had effectively vanished from circulation.
The Almadén mines were among the most strategically significant in Republican-held territory, supplying mercury critical to arms manufacturing. That economic importance did not translate into printing resources: these emergency emisiones were produced locally with minimal means, and survival rates are accordingly low.