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25 Céntimos Gata de Gorgos
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Gata de Gorgos |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 59 × 32 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain pale ground with all text printed in olive-green letterpress. The issuer's name appears in two lines at the top — 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' in bold capitals above 'Gata de Gorgos' in a lighter serif typeface — separated from the denomination line below by a full-width rule. The value statement 'VALE POR 25 Cts.' is set in large bold type across the lower half, with the numeral '25' rendered in a noticeably larger point size. |
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| Reverse description | Plain white paper reverse bearing two handwritten signatures in violet ink, applied by rubber stamp or pen; the upper signature appears above a horizontal underline, with a second signature inscribed below it, also underlined. No printed text, vignette, or ornamental elements are present. |
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Gata de Gorgos is a small municipality in Alicante province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council was forced to issue emergency fractional currency when coinage effectively disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply absorbed by wartime disruption. These municipal "guerra civil" emissions were typically authorized under Republican decree and produced with whatever printing resources the locality could access, which is why the quality varies so dramatically from one town to the next.
At under 60mm wide, this is among the smallest format issues in the entire Valencian regional series. The Gari Monedas catalog remains the primary reference for these Spanish local wartime emissions.