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25 Céntimos Calasparra
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Calasparra |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 99 × 63 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR 25 Cts. CALASPARRA / 2 JUNIO 1937 25 CÉNTIMOS (Translation: Will pay the bearer 25 Centimos Calasparra / June 2, 1937 25 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large cartouche in yellow-ochre, framed by ornate scroll and volute motifs at each corner, set against a finely hatched dark guilloche border. The denomination value '0.25' appears in each corner of the cartouche surround, with a serial number printed in the lower portion of the cartouche. The issuing authority's name is displayed in bold uppercase lettering across the centre of the cartouche. |
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Calasparra is a small municipality in Murcia, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its ayuntamiento issued emergency fractional paper — centimos notes to cover the acute shortage of small coinage that the war had swallowed almost immediately. These local issues were legal only within the issuing municipality, making their actual circulation geography tiny, often no more than a few streets and market stalls.
Gari Mon catalogues this as 393-D, suggesting multiple varieties for the series — differences in ink, stamp color, or authorization signature are common distinguishing factors among Calasparra's wartime emissions.