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25 Céntimos Cheste
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Cheste |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#528-A, TurróPV#666 |
| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in dark brown-black ink on grey-blue card stock. The issuer's name in bold uppercase letters occupies the upper portion, with the bearer obligation text immediately below. A large numeral '25' in bold display type dominates the lower left, balanced by the denomination word 'céntimos' to the right, separated by a horizontal rule above the signature line reading 'El Alcalde Presidente.' |
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| Obverse lettering | EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE CHESTE ABONARÁ AL PORTADOR DEL PRESENTE VALE 25 céntimos El Alcalde Presidente, (Translation: The Municipal Council of Cheste will pay to the bearer of this voucher 25 Centimos / The Mayor-President,) |
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Cheste is a small municipality in the Valencia region, and like hundreds of similar towns across Republican Spain, it issued its own emergency fractional currency in 1937 after the Civil War disrupted the supply of small-denomination coins. The national coinage had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply not reaching rural communities — leaving local councils to fill the gap with cardboard.
These municipal pieces were produced under no centralized standard, which is why thickness and stock quality vary so markedly even within a single series. The Turró and Gari catalogues document dozens of Valencian variants; Cheste's emission is among the more modest in volume.