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25 Céntimos Criptana
| Issuer | Campo de Criptana, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| In circulation to | 28 February 1938 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse carries a geometric border frame enclosing a central vignette of La Mancha windmills, an iconographic reference to the locality's regional identity. Surrounding text states the mandatory local circulation requirement and the note's expiry date. An unusual validity clause declares the note void if presented folded. |
| Reverse lettering | 25. CENTIMOS OBLIGATORIA SU CIRCULACIÓN DENTRO DE LA LOCALIDAD NOTA: ESTE BILLETE NO SERÁ VÁLIDO PRESENTÁNDOLO DOBLADO. Caduca el 28 de Febrero de 1938 (Translation: 25 Centimos Mandatory circulation within the locality Note: This banknote will not be valid when presented folded. Expires on February 28, 1938) |
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Campo de Criptana is a small Castilian municipality in Ciudad Real province, best known outside Spain as one of the villages associated with Don Quixote's windmills. During the Civil War, hundreds of Spanish towns and municipalities issued their own emergency fractional scrip — cédulas de vecindad or emergency tokens — to address the near-total disappearance of small coinage from circulation after 1936. Republican-controlled local councils became de facto issuers by necessity, not by any formal monetary authority.
The Garicoin reference is incomplete, which is typical for the smaller Castilian municipal emissions; many remain poorly documented because surviving examples are genuinely rare.