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25 Céntimos Murcia
| Issuer | Murcia, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE MURCIA PAGARA AL PORTADOR 25 CENTIMOS EN BILLETES DEL BANCO DE ESPAÑA (Translation: The Municipal Council of Murcia Will pay the bearer 25 Centimos In banknotes of the Bank of Spain) |
| Reverse description | The municipal coat of arms of Murcia occupies the centre, surmounted by a mural crown of Republican type; two cherubim flank the shield on either side. The denomination and issuing authority appear in text above and below the arms. |
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One of hundreds of emergency municipal issues produced across Republican-held Spain during the Civil War, when the hoarding of metal coinage created acute shortages for everyday transactions. Murcia province remained under Republican control throughout the conflict, and local authorities — down to individual municipalities — were authorized to print their own fractional paper to keep commerce moving. These small-denomination notes were issued on whatever paper stock was available and were never intended to outlast the war.
Survival rates vary wildly across municipal issues; some towns printed thousands, others dozens. Gari Mon remains the primary reference, and catalog numbers within the 983 range cover several Murcia fractional types.