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25 Céntimos Castellnou de Seana
| Issuer | Ajuntament de Castellnou de Seana |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream card stock with a circular violet municipal ink stamp applied at centre, enclosing a heraldic tower device with the issuing authority's legend running around the circumference. A manuscript signature in ink appears below the stamp, serving as a handwritten validation. Handwritten catalogue reference numerals are noted in the upper right corner. |
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| Protection description | Circular violet ink municipal stamp with heraldic tower device applied to the reverse; manuscript ink signature below the stamp as additional validation |
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Castellnou de Seana is a small municipality in the comarca of Pla d'Urgell, Lleida province, and this 25 céntimos note belongs to the enormous wave of local emergency currency — known collectively as "moneda de necessitat" — that Catalan and Spanish municipalities issued from 1936 onward when the Civil War drained metallic coinage from circulation almost entirely. Hundreds of town councils, many with populations under a thousand, became de facto issuers almost overnight.
Imprenta Popular in nearby Bellpuig supplied notes to several area municipalities, which occasionally creates attribution confusion between issues. The manuscript signature and official stamp were applied individually at the ajuntament, making each example technically unique.