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25 Céntimos Orba
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Orba |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 Cénts. CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE ORBA Vale por 25 Céntimos que abonará la Caja de este Consejo Municipal. (Translation: 25 Centimos Municipal Council of Orba Value for Twenty Five Centimos that will be paid by the Fund of this Municipal Council.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red ink, the reverse is dominated by a large dotted elliptical cartouche with symmetrical floral and geometric ornaments at each lateral extremity, enclosing the bold denomination inscription at centre. The month of issue appears above and the year below within the cartouche, with small diamond-shaped ornamental devices flanking each inscription. |
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Orba is a small municipality in the Marina Alta comarca of Valencia, and like dozens of similarly sized towns during the Spanish Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional paper when Republican-zone coins effectively disappeared from circulation after 1936. The Consejo Municipal series from this region tends to be poorly documented — print runs were small, record-keeping was chaotic, and most of these notes were redeemed or destroyed once the war ended. Survivors often show heavy use, reflecting genuine day-to-day commerce in a rural economy running on improvised scrip.