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25 Céntimos Santa Elena
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Santa Elena |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal de Santa Elena VALE 25 céntimos (Translation: Municipal Council of Santa Elena It is worth 25 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with a single hand-applied oval official stamp in blue ink, enclosing the coat of arms of the Spanish Republic at centre; the stamp legend reads around the perimeter, with two five-pointed stars flanking the lower text. |
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Santa Elena is a small municipality in the province of Jaén, Andalusia, and like hundreds of Spanish towns it issued its own emergency fractional paper during the Civil War after metallic coinage vanished from circulation almost immediately following the July 1936 uprising. These municipal notes — technically vales or billetes de necesidad — were produced locally, often on whatever paper and printing equipment was available, which is why the quality varies so dramatically even within a single series.
The Consejo Municipal designation reflects the Republican administrative structure that replaced the pre-war ayuntamientos in loyalist-held territory. Santa Elena's 25 céntimos is among the more obscure provincial issues; surviving examples are rarely encountered outside specialist Iberian collections.