Catalog
25 Céntimos Ontiñena
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Ontiñena |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 110 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE ONTIÑENA ABONARÁ AL PORTADOR 25 céntimos Ontiñena, 1 de Diciembre de 1937 Expedido para suplir la falta de moneda fraccionaria. (Translation: The Municipal Council of Ontiñena will pay the bearer 25 Céntimos. Ontiñena, December 1, 1937. Issued to make up for the lack of fractional currency.) |
| Reverse description | Plain white ground with all text printed in black by letterpress. A dotted rectangular border frames the face, with small ornamental corner flourishes. The issuer's name appears in the upper right in mixed uppercase and title-case lettering, the denomination numeral "25" is set in a large bold typeface at centre right, and the year inscription occupies the lower left. |
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Ontiñena is a small agricultural municipality in the Monegros district of Huesca, Aragon — during the Civil War, the Aragonese front ran directly through this territory, and local councils across the region issued their own fractional paper money when the Republican government's small change simply stopped reaching rural areas. These emergency emissions were a practical response to coin hoarding and supply disruption, not an exercise in monetary ambition.
The Gari Monerris catalog remains the authoritative reference for these Spanish Civil War municipal issues, and the 1037-C designation places this firmly within the documented Ontiñena emission rather than one of the many uncatalogued or misattributed pieces from the same region.