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| Issuer | Consejo de Asturias y León |
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| Year | 1936-1938 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO DE ASTURIAS Y LEÓN ESPAÑA 25 CÉNTIMOS Por el consejo de Asturias y León El Gobernador General El consejero de Hacienda RCM-FNMT Año 2003 (Translation: COUNCIL OF ASTURIAS AND LEON SPAIN 25 CENTS For the Council of Asturias and Leon The Governor General. The Minister of Finance.) |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 CÉNTIMOS PAZ Y TRABAJO (Translation: 25 CENTS PEACE AND WORK) |
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The Consejo de Asturias y León was established in September 1936 as the Republican governing authority for the northern zone after Franco's forces severed the region from the rest of the Republic. Cut off by land and increasingly strangled by naval blockade, the Consejo issued its own emergency currency because resupply from the central government in Madrid was unreliable at best. The small-denomination notes were particularly critical — coin metal was being redirected toward the war effort.
This is a replica. The originals were printed by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre before the siege tightened; the Asturian pocket collapsed in October 1937, making the entire emission short-lived.