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25 Céntimos Sonseca con Casalgordo
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Sonseca con Casalgordo |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL SONSECA CON CASALGORDO 25 CTS PAPEL MONEDA DE VALOR EXCLUISIVAMENTE LOCAL (Translation: Municipal Council Sonseca con Casalgordo 25 Centimos Paper money of exclusively local value) |
| Reverse description | Green note with a geometric perimeter frame enclosing a central vignette of a rural labourer wearing a wide-brimmed hat, standing in a crop field holding a sickle, with a basket of fruit at his feet and a wooded landscape in the background. The denomination appears in large numerals within the composition. |
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Sonseca con Casalgordo was one of hundreds of Spanish municipalities that issued emergency fractional scrip during the Civil War after the Republic's small-change coinage vanished almost entirely from circulation in 1936 — hoarded, melted, or simply gone. These local notes, issued by town councils rather than any banking authority, were technically illegal under existing monetary law but tacitly tolerated out of necessity.
The Gari Mon catalogue remains the primary reference for this regional scrip. Survival rates for village-level emissions vary wildly; many were redeemed and destroyed locally, and print runs were rarely documented.