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25 Céntimos Turre
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Turre |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 105 × 51 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black by letterpress on plain uncoated paper, the note is enclosed within a simple geometric border running the full perimeter. The coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is positioned to the left of a central text block carrying the issuing authority, denomination, and date of issue in a straightforward typographic arrangement typical of Civil War-era municipal emergency scrip. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE TURRE 25 céntimos 3 de Julio de 1937 (Translation: Municipal Council of Turre 25 Centimos July 3, 1937) |
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Turre is a small agricultural village in the Almería interior, and in 1937 it was deep within the Republican zone during the Civil War. When the Nationalist blockade and wartime disruption collapsed the supply of small-denomination coinage across Republican Spain, hundreds of municipalities did exactly what Turre did — printed their own fractional notes under authorization from the central government's emergency decree. These local emissions were strictly provisional, intended only for use within the issuing municipality.
Gari Mon catalogues this as 1486-A, implying at least one variant exists. Worth checking whether the distinguishing factor is a signature, a serial number style, or paper stock — Almería provincial emissions from this period show considerable inconsistency even within single issues.