Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Céntimos Villanueva de la Serena
| Issuer | Villanueva de la Serena, Municipality of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Plain note printed in black and green, with a wide geometric border framing the entire face and a repeating underprint of interlocked CM (Consejo Municipal) monograms in green across the central field. The denomination and issuing authority appear in bold letterpress text, with the full payment obligation legend arranged in multiple lines within the framed area. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Ayuntamiento de Villanueva de la Serena DEPOSITARIO |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Villanueva de la Serena, a town in Extremadura, sat in Republican-held territory during the early phase of the Civil War and issued its own emergency fractional currency when the Republic's small-denomination coinage effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply unable to keep pace with wartime disruption. These municipal notes, known collectively as billetes locales de necesidad, were produced by hundreds of Spanish towns between 1936 and 1938, most with rudimentary printing and minimal anti-counterfeiting provisions.
The official stamp is the only security feature — which tells you everything about how quickly and informally these were produced.