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25 Céntimos Almadén
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Almadén |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain buff paper with all text in black letterpress. The issuer name CONSEJO MUNICIPAL is set in large capitals at the top, separated from ALMADEN by a double ruled line. The denomination Vale por 25 céntimos appears in the centre, with the date Mayo, 1937 and a handwritten serial number in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Plain buff paper bearing two manuscript signatures in ink applied by hand, accompanied by a circular violet official stamp of the Consejo Municipal de Almadén, partially legible with star ornaments around the perimeter. |
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Almadén sits atop one of the world's richest mercury deposits, and its municipal council issued this emergency fractional note during the Spanish Civil War as part of the wave of local billetes de necesidad that flooded Republican-held territory when coinage disappeared from circulation. The Consejo Municipal, like hundreds of similar bodies across Spain in 1937, essentially printed its own small change out of necessity — the central Republican government had neither the logistics nor the material to keep small denominations flowing to isolated towns.
The official stamp served as the primary authentication, a common approach for these improvised emissions where engraved security printing was simply not available.