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25 Céntimos Carrión de Calatrava
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Carrión de Calatrava |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain card stock note printed entirely in black letterpress, with the issuer name CONSEJO MUNICIPAL and CARRIÓN DE CALATRAVA each set on a separate line and underlined by ruled horizontal bars. The denomination Vale por 25 céntimos is centred below, with the date Junio, 1937 at lower left and a serial number at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted card stock bearing a circular violet official municipality stamp at centre, enclosing a small heraldic device, with a handwritten notation in ink at upper right. No other design elements are present. |
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Carrión de Calatrava is a small municipality in Ciudad Real province, and this 25 céntimos note is one of hundreds of hyper-local emergency issues produced across Republican-held Spain during the Civil War. The Nationalist blockade and hoarding of metallic coin created a near-total collapse of small-denomination currency in circulation by mid-1937, forcing municipal councils — regardless of size or resources — to print their own scrip just to keep local commerce functioning.
The thick card stock was a practical choice: thinner paper stocks were in short supply and wore out too quickly for even limited local use. Gari Mon catalogues this as the only denomination recorded for this issuer.