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25 Céntimos Gérgal
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Gérgal |
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| Size | 67 × 53 mm |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on cream card stock, with the entire field enclosed within a decorative border composed of repeating geometric and foliate motifs arranged in triangular and interlocking patterns. The issuer's name appears in the upper portion in two lines of bold uppercase type, with the place name GÉRGAL (ALMERÍA) centred in the largest typeface on the note. A bearer promise clause in italic script occupies the middle register, with the denomination 25 CÉNTIMOS set in large bold capitals at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, consisting of plain cream-coloured card stock with no typeset or engraved design elements. |
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Gérgal is a small municipality in Almería province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns, it issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's central authorities failed to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation. These local emissions — collectively catalogued under the broader "Guerra Civil" series — were often produced with whatever printing resources existed locally: a town council stamp, a simple press, sometimes little more than a rubber block on card stock.
The Gari Mon reference places this firmly within that documented typology. The thickness of the substrate was practical, not decorative — thin paper issues from this period degraded rapidly in daily use.