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25 Céntimos Criptana
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Criptana |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note on light green paper with all text in red ink, enclosed within a bold double-line rectangular border. The central text block carries the issuing authority, emission date, and denomination in varying typeface sizes, with the value line in the largest lettering. Two manuscript signatures appear below the titles 'El Presidente' and 'El Depositario', each accompanied by a circular violet official stamp, with the expiry notice printed along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal de Criptana Emisión Local 1 de junio de 1937 Vale por 25 céntimos Canjeable en la Sucursal del Banco Español de Crédito El Presidente, El Depositario, Este vale caduca el 31 de agosto de 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council of Criptana Local Issue June 1, 1937 Valid for 25 Centimos Redeemable at the Branch of the Banco Español de Crédito The President, The Depositary, This voucher expires on August 31, 1937.) |
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Criptana — now Campo de Criptana, La Mancha — issued emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War because the Republic's small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation by 1937, hoarded or melted as the war economy ground down the monetary system. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities did the same, producing what collectors now call billetes de necesidad. The Consejo Municipal's issues were purely local instruments, valid only within the town and redeemable in theory once hostilities ended — a promise few issuers could keep.
Gari Monerris remains the authoritative reference for these Valencian and Manchegan emergency pieces, and the 574-A suffix suggests at least one catalogued variety exists for this denomination.