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25 Céntimos Cuevas del Almanzora
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Cuevas del Almanzora |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#581-B |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress printing on plain paper, with a decorative ornamental border enclosing the central text field. The coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is positioned in the upper left corner, flanked by the issuing authority name and date inscription. The denomination is spelled out in full below, with the overall layout typical of locally produced Spanish Civil War municipal emergency issues. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper field enclosed within a double-ruled rectangular perimeter border composed of small repeating square ornaments. A vertical column of interlocking ring motifs runs along the left margin, with matching ring vignettes at the upper left, upper right, and lower corners of the inner frame. The denomination value '25' is printed in large red script at centre, flanked on either side by the word 'Céntimos' in bold red letterpress, with a secondary inner border of dotted chain ornaments framing the central denomination area. |
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One of hundreds of emergency municipal issues produced across Republican-held Spain during the Civil War, this note filled the vacuum left by hoarded coinage — small change had effectively vanished from circulation by mid-1936 as civilians and militias stripped hard currency from daily commerce. The Consejo Municipal de Cuevas del Almanzora, a small mining town in Almería province, was among the many local authorities that printed their own fractional paper simply to keep markets functioning.
The Gari Mon 581-B designation suggests a recognized variety within the series, though municipal Almería issues are notoriously difficult to authenticate given the rudimentary printing conditions under which most were produced.