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25 Céntimos Cárcer
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Cárcer |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress design on blue-grey fibrous card stock with rounded corners. A large bold numeral '25' occupies the left half of the face, printed in dark blue ink. To the right, the issuing authority 'Consejo Municipal' and 'CÁRCER' are set in bold lettering separated by a short rule, with the denomination 'céntimos' in italic script at the lower right, also underlined. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a single hand-applied circular official stamp in magenta-red ink centred on the plain blue-grey card stock. The stamp's outer ring carries the legend 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' with additional text, enclosing a central device that appears to be the municipal coat of arms or seal of Cárcer. |
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Cárcer is a small municipality in Valencia province, and like hundreds of similar towns it resorted to locally produced emergency scrip during 1937 when the Republican government's coin shortage became acute. Copper and silver had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply exhausted — and the national authorities were slow to supply substitutes. Municipal councils across the Levante filled the gap themselves, with results ranging from rudimentary rubber-stamped card to reasonably professional printwork.
The official stamp is the only security measure, which was typical of the smallest issuing bodies. Forgery was rarely a concern at this scale; the notes functioned purely within the local economy and were worthless the moment you left the township.