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 Illana
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Illana |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| 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 | Typeset letterpress voucher printed in black on plain paper, enclosed within a decorative geometric border with ornamental corner pieces and repeating floral-diamond motifs along all four sides. The issuing authority appears in bold roman type at the top, above the denomination in large italic script at centre; date and place of issue are set in smaller type below. A circular red official seal has been applied by hand to the centre of the note, with the printer's imprint 'Antona, Tarancón' at the foot. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 25 CENTIMOS Cinco pesetas en vales, son canjeables en cualquier establecimiento de esta localidad por un billete de igual valor. Núm. (Translation: 25 Centimos. Five pesetas in vouchers can be exchanged at any establishment in this town for a note of equal value. No.) |
| 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 |
Illana is a small municipality in the province of Guadalajara, Castile. During the Spanish Civil War, hundreds of local councils across Republican-held territory issued their own emergency paper fractional currency — billetes de necesidad — when the flight of metallic coin made small change essentially impossible to obtain. Illana's 25 céntimos falls squarely in this category: a hyperlocal fiscal stopgap with no issuing bank behind it, just a municipal stamp and wartime necessity.
The Garicoin reference gap suggests this piece remains uncatalogued or insufficiently documented, which is not unusual for the smaller Castilian municipalities.