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25 Céntimos Quintanar de la Orden
| Issuer | Quintanar de la Orden, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 63 × 46 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-yellow paper note printed in dark blue-grey ink with a simple letterpress layout. A large dotted underprint forms an irregular cloud-like background pattern across the entire face, over which the denomination numeral '25' is set in bold at centre. The issuing legend runs across the top, with the bearer payment clause flanking the numeral and the place and date inscription along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Crédito Comercial Local pagará al portador 25 céntimos de peseta Quintanar de la Orden, mayo de 1937 (Translation: Local Commercial Credit will pay the bearer 25 Centimos of Peseta Quintanar de la Orden, May of 1937) |
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Quintanar de la Orden is a small agricultural town in Toledo province, and like hundreds of other Spanish municipalities it issued its own emergency fractional paper during the Civil War when Republican-zone coinage effectively disappeared from circulation. The small-denomination metal currency hoarding problem was severe enough by 1937 that even village-level authorities were authorized — or simply compelled by necessity — to produce their own substitutes.
The Gari Montserrat catalog remains the primary reference for these local Spanish Civil War emissions, and the 1214-A designation suggests at least one variant exists within this type.