Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Céntimos Fuentealbilla
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Fuentealbilla |
|---|---|
| Year | |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed note in black on cream paper, enclosed within a double rectangular border composed of dashed and dotted rules with solid square corner ornaments. The denomination numeral '25' appears in the upper-left and upper-right corners, flanking a handwritten serial number field prefaced by 'N°:'. The central text block carries the issuing authority name in large bold type, the promise-to-pay legend in a smaller roman face, and the denomination '25 CENTIMOS' in bold capitals along the lower register. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Otherwise blank reverse bearing a single applied oval ink stamp in blue-grey, enclosing a municipal coat of arms at centre and carrying the circular legend 'CONSEJO MU[NICIPAL] FUENTEALBILLA' with a small five-pointed star at the base. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Fuentealbilla is a small municipality in Albacete province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its municipal council was forced to produce its own fractional emergency currency after Republican authorities requisitioned metallic coinage for the war effort. The 1936–1939 period saw thousands of these locally issued pieces — cartones, papeletas, vales — filling a gap the central government never adequately addressed.
The Garrido Monier reference is incomplete, which is typical for the smaller Castilla-La Mancha municipalities, where surviving documentation is sparse and collector census numbers remain low.