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40 Céntimos Alcorisa
| Issuer | Alcorisa, Municipality of |
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| Size | 93 × 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue-violet ink by letterpress on plain white paper, the note is enclosed within a decorative perimeter border composed of rows of small squares, with interior corner ornaments of the same square-dot motif forming a secondary frame. The issuing authority "Izquierda Republicana" and locality "ALCORISA" appear in the upper portion in bold serif lettering, separated by a short rule, while the denomination "Vale por 40 Céntimos" is set in large display type across the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | Izquierda Republicana ALCORISA Vale por 40 Céntimos (Translation: Republican Left Alcorisa Voucher for 40 Centimos) |
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Alcorisa is a small municipality in the Bajo Aragón comarca of Teruel province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency paper fractional currency when the Republican government's coin supply collapsed after 1936. These local issues — consells municipals, ayuntamientos, and various collectivities all printing their own — were never intended to circulate beyond the town's own market and commerce. A 40 céntimos denomination is an odd choice, uncommon even among the already idiosyncratic Spanish Civil War municipals, where 25 and 50 céntimos dominated.
Survival rates for Alcorisa issues are difficult to assess given how little documented about their total print runs.