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25 Céntimos Fernancaballero
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Fernancaballero |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Austere wartime emergency voucher executed in letterpress on coarse card stock in black ink. The issuer legend 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' is set at the top, separated by a ruled line from 'FERNANCABALLERO', with the denomination hand-stamped in blue numerals at centre. The date 'Julio, 1937' appears at lower left, with a bold serial number to its right. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL FERNANCABALLERO Vale por 25 céntimos Julio, 1937 (Translation: Municipal Council Fernancaballero Voucher for 25 Centimos July, 1937) |
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Fernancaballero is a small municipality in Ciudad Real province, Castile-La Mancha, and this 25 céntimos note is a product of the Republican zone's currency vacuum during the Civil War. With the Madrid government struggling to supply small change to rural communities, hundreds of Spanish municipalities — including dozens of tiny Manchegan villages — issued their own emergency fractional currency under a general authorization from 1937. These local emissions were never intended to circulate beyond their issuing township.
The thick card stock was a practical choice: paper this weight survives pocket wear better than thin banknote stock, and many municipalities used whatever printing resources were locally available. The Gari Montserrat catalogue documents well over a thousand such emissions, and Fernancaballero's series is among the more obscure.