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25 Céntimos La Alberca
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de La Alberca (Municipality of La Alberca) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured card stock with all text letterpress-printed in black ink within a rectangular border composed of a single row of small rhombuses. The issuer's name 'AYUNTAMIENTO DE LA ALBERCA' appears in the upper half in bold capital letters, separated from the denomination legend 'CUPÓN DE CAMBIO / 25 CÉNTIMOS' below by a small ornamental dash divider. A handwritten serial number prefixed 'Núm.' occupies the upper right area, and a circular red municipal validation stamp is applied to the left side. |
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| Obverse lettering | NÚM. AYUNTAMIENTO DE LA ALBERCA CUPÓN DE CAMBIO 25 CÉNTIMOS (Translation: City Council of La Alberca / Exchange Coupon / 25 Centimos) |
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La Alberca is a small mountain village in Salamanca province, and like hundreds of Spanish municipalities, it issued emergency small-change notes during the Civil War after metallic coins vanished almost entirely from circulation by mid-1936. These local ayuntamiento issues were produced under no central oversight — mayors and town councils improvised, using whatever printing resources were locally available, which frequently meant a rubber stamp, a typewriter, and whatever paper was at hand.
The incomplete Gari Mon reference signals this piece hasn't been fully catalogued in the standard Spanish local issues reference, which is itself still a work in progress for the smaller Castilian municipalities.