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25 Céntimos Canals
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Canals |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL - CANALS VALE POR 25 CTS. QUE ABONARÁ AL PORTADOR EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL CANALS, 15 DE JUNIO 1937 (Translation: Municipal Council - Canals Voucher for 25 Centimos Which will be paid to the bearer by the Municipal Council Canals, June 15, 1937) |
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| Protection description | Circular violet ink stamp of the Consejo Municipal de Canals applied to the reverse |
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Canals is a small town in Valencia's Costera comarca, and this note is a product of the anarchic proliferation of emergency paper money — moneda de necesidad — that swept Republican-controlled municipalities during the Civil War when the Republic's central government lost practical control over coin supply. By 1937, fractional bronze and copper coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted, forcing thousands of local councils to print their own.
The Turró catalogue's PV prefix groups these as Valencian Community issues. The official stamp is the only security measure — entirely forgeable, but fraud was less the concern than simply having something to make change with.