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25 Céntimos Bédar
| Issuer | Bédar, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress note with a geometric border framing the entire face; the coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is positioned to the left, with the issuing authority and denomination inscribed in dark typography across the centre. The date of issue appears in full within the text block, rendered in a formal serif typeface consistent with wartime municipal emergency issues. |
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| Reverse description | Typeset reverse with a simple linear border framing the composition; geometric ornamental devices surround the face value, which is repeated in bold numerals and text. The overall design is austere and functional, characteristic of locally produced Spanish Civil War emergency currency. |
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Bédar is a small mining village in Almería province, and like hundreds of Spanish municipalities during the Civil War, it issued its own fractional paper currency when coins — hoarded, melted, or simply unavailable — disappeared from circulation almost entirely in 1936–37. These local emergency emissions were authorised under Republican decree but designed and printed locally, often by whoever had access to a press, which is exactly why the quality varies so dramatically across the series.
Gari Montllor's cataloguing of the Bédar emission as a single known type suggests limited surviving documentation on variants or reissues.