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25 Céntimos Noalejo
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Noalejo |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
| Protection description | Circular violet hand-stamp applied to the reverse, incorporating the municipal coat of arms and the town name NOALEJO as a validation mark |
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Noalejo is a small municipality in the Sierra Mágina comarca of Jaén province, Andalusia. This 25 céntimos note belongs to the wave of locally issued emergency fractional currency — conocida as "billetes de necesidad" — that flooded rural Spain during the Civil War after the hoarding of coins and the collapse of reliable small-denomination supply made everyday commerce nearly impossible. Hundreds of municipalities issued their own scrip from 1936 onward, most with only a council rubber stamp for authentication.
The official stamp is the only security element preventing counterfeiting by a neighboring village.