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25 Céntimos Corbera de Alcira
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Corbera de Alcira |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on thick grey card stock, the obverse is divided between a large bold numeral '25' occupying the left half and, to the right, the issuer's name in letterpress type reading 'Consejo Municipal de Corbera de Alcira', separated by ruled lines. The denomination 'céntimos' appears at the lower right, also underlined by a double rule, with a handwritten serial number placed between the issuer name and the denomination. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is otherwise plain on thick grey card stock, carrying a large circular violet municipal stamp applied by hand at centre, enclosing the municipal coat of arms and bearing the inscription of the issuing municipality around its perimeter. A dark rectangular paper patch is affixed to the upper portion of the reverse. |
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Corbera de Alcira — now simply Corbera — is a small Valencian municipality that issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War under the authority of its Republican municipal council. These local *billetes de necesidad* proliferated across the Republican zone from 1936 onward as metallic coin disappeared almost entirely from circulation, hoarded or melted down. Hundreds of town councils printed their own scrip; most issues ran to tiny quantities, and survival rates are correspondingly poor.
The thick card stock was a deliberate choice at this denomination — lightweight paper at 25 céntimos tended to disintegrate rapidly in daily use.