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25 Céntimos Roquetas de Mar
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Roquetas de Mar |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL ROQUETAS DE MAR VALE 25 CÉNTIMOS VALOR DEPOSITADO REINTEGRABLE EN BILLETES DEL BANCO DE ESPAÑA. (Translation: Municipal Council Roquetas de Mar It`s worth 25 Centimos Deposited value refundable in banknotes from the Bank of Spain.) |
| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse on plain paper stock, showing natural aging and fold marks consistent with wartime emergency circulation. A handwritten notation appears in the upper right corner. |
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Roquetas de Mar was one of hundreds of Spanish municipalities forced to issue emergency fractional paper money during the Civil War after metallic coin — hoarded, melted, or simply absent — ceased to circulate reliably. These local billetes de necesidad were produced under wartime conditions with minimal printing resources, which is why typographic simplicity and hand-stamped validations are the rule rather than the exception across the series.
The Gari Mon catalogue remains the primary reference for these Republican-zone municipal emissions, and the 1270-A designation places this squarely within the documented Roquetas output — a small coastal Almería council issuing scrip that would have been worthless outside its own market.