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25 Céntimos Villar de Olalla
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Villar de Olalla |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal de VILLAR DE OLALLA (CUENCA) EMISIÓN 1937 Certificado de 25 céntimos Declarado de curso legal en esta localidad, para facilitar el cambio, según acuerdo de este Consejo. No es válido sin el sello al dorso. (Translation: Municipal Council of Villar de Olalla (Cuenca) Issue 1937 25 Centimos certificate Declared legal tender in this locality, to facilitate the change, according to the agreement of this Council. Not valid without stamp on back.) |
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Villar de Olalla is a small municipality in Cuenca province, Castilla-La Mancha. This 25 céntimos note is a product of the Spanish Civil War's fractional currency crisis — by 1937, Republican-held territory was hemorrhaging small coins through hoarding and wartime disruption, forcing hundreds of local councils, many of them tiny villages, to print their own emergency scrip under varying degrees of legal authorization. The Consejo Municipal issues were technically sanctioned by the Republic but practically ungoverned in design and quality.
The sole security measure is an official municipal stamp — the kind pressed into the paper by a clerk, not a printer.