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25 Céntimos Torres del Obispo
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Torres del Obispo |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on light green card stock, the face is framed by a dotted-line border running the full perimeter. The issuing authority name 'Consejo Municipal' and 'Torres del Obispo' are set in bold serif type occupying the central field, with a handwritten serial number on a ruled line beneath the 'Num.' prefix at the top. The denomination legend 'Vale por 25 céntimos' is set in large bold type across the lower portion, separated from the issuer text by a short row of dots. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain light green card stock with no typeset design. Two partial circular official ink stamps are visible in the left margin area, and a date stamp reading '23 JUN. 1937' appears in mirror impression transferred from the obverse, indicating the stamps were applied while the ink was still wet. |
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Torres del Obispo is a small municipality in the Ribagorza comarca of Huesca, Aragon. This note was produced during the chaotic coin shortage of the Spanish Civil War, when hundreds of local councils across Republican-held Spain issued their own emergency paper fractional currency — billetes de necesidad — to replace the hoarded, melted, or simply absent small coinage that had all but vanished from circulation by mid-1937.
At 45 × 35 mm, this is among the smallest monetary instruments the conflict produced. The Gari Montllor catalogue records only the single type for this issuer, suggesting output was extremely limited and almost certainly never circulated far beyond the village itself.