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5 Céntimos La Fresneda
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Fresneda |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#676-F |
| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on orange card stock, the face is enclosed within a decorative border of interlocking oval and chain motifs with small square cornerpieces. The issuing authority 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL FRESNEDA' is set in two lines of bold uppercase type in the upper field, preceded by a handwritten serial number line introduced by the abbreviation 'Núm.', and separated from the denomination statement below by a short rule. The value 'Vale por 5 cts.' appears in large bold type across the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | Núm. CONSEJO MUNICIPAL FRESNEDA Vale por 5 cts. (Translation: No. / Municipal Council / Fresneda / Voucher for 5 Centimos) |
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La Fresneda is a small municipality in the Matarraña comarca of Aragón, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its municipal council issued emergency fractional paper when metallic coin vanished from circulation almost entirely after 1936. These local issues — collectively catalogued under the Guerra Civil series — were produced under no central authority and with whatever printing resources were locally available, which for many villages meant a hand stamp, a rubber die, or a basic typographic press.
At 36 × 30 mm, this is among the smallest paper currency formats produced anywhere in the conflict. The Gari Montañà reference confirms authenticity within the specialist census, but surviving examples from this particular issuer are rarely encountered.