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25 Céntimos Zarra
| Issuer | Zarra, Municipality of |
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| Size | 80 × 57 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | SEGUNDO CARGENTEY CAFE )-( U.G.T. ZARRA VALE POR 25 CTS. (Translation: Segundo Cargentey Cafe U.G.T. Zarra Voucher for 25 Centimos) |
| Reverse description | Plain white paper reverse, otherwise blank save for a hand-applied red ink signature with an elaborate flourish, positioned in the upper-centre of the field. The obverse letterpress impression is faintly visible through the paper as a ghost image. |
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Zarra is a small municipality in the province of Valencia, and like hundreds of Spanish villages, it issued its own fractional emergency currency during the Civil War after the Republic's small-change shortage became acute in 1936. These local emissions — collectively known as billetes de necesidad or guerra civil local issues — were produced under varying degrees of official sanction, often by local committees with no banking infrastructure whatsoever. The signature of Vicente Cargentey Pérez most likely represents the municipal secretary or committee treasurer, not a banking official.
Gari Mon#1653-A is among the more obscure Valencia provincial listings, and surviving examples from Zarra are genuinely rare — the village's population has historically been under a few hundred inhabitants.