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25 Céntimos Torres de Albanchez
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Torres de Albanchez |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#1465-A |
| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note printed entirely in black letterpress, without vignette or ornamental underprint. The issuer name 'Consejo Municipal - Torres de Albanchez (Jaén)' appears at the top in bold type, underlined by a solid rule. Below, a two-line explanatory legend states the note's purpose, followed by the denomination 'Vale por 25 Cts.' in large display type occupying the lower half of the face. |
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| Reverse description | Otherwise blank reverse applied with a single oval municipal validation stamp in red ink, centrally positioned. The stamp encloses the municipal coat of arms and bears the legend of the Consejo Municipal de Torres de Albanchez (Jaén) around its border, serving as the sole authentication device for this emergency issue. |
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Torres de Albanchez is a small municipality in the Sierra de Cazorla, Jaén province. This 25 céntimos note was issued by its municipal council during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republican zone faced an acute shortage of fractional coinage — silver and copper had been hoarded or requisitioned, and the central government's emergency issues couldn't reach every village fast enough. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities responded by printing their own low-denomination paper, with varying degrees of formality.
The sole security feature is an official stamp — the council's ink impression serving as both authentication and authorization.