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25 Céntimos Montiel
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Montiel |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL MONTIEL (C. Real) Vale por 25 céntimos Septiembre 1937 Nº (Translation: Municipal Council / Montiel (Ciudad Real) / Valid for 25 centimos / September 1937 No.) |
| Reverse description | Entirely unprinted, retaining the natural texture of the thick cream card stock with no inscriptions, vignettes, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Montiel is a small municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency when Republican-zone coinage evaporated from circulation in 1936–37. These consejo municipal notes were produced under no central authority — each ayuntamiento improvised its own design, paper, and denomination — which makes systematic cataloging difficult and survival rates highly variable.
The thick card stock was a practical necessity, not a printing choice. Thin paper wore out within weeks under heavy local use.