Catalog
5 Céntimos Llano de Cuarte
| Issuer | Cooperativa de Consumo, Sección de Abastos de Llano de Cuarte |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on pink paper, the face is enclosed within a double dotted-line rectangular border with rounded corners. The issuing authority's name appears in the upper portion in serif type, with the place name 'LLANO DE CUARTE' in bold spaced capitals at centre, separated from the denomination by a dotted rule. The value 'CINCO CÉNTIMOS' is set in large bold type at the foot, flanked by two solid black circular devices, and an oval blue control stamp has been applied over the centre of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Cooperativa de Consumo Sección de Abastos LLANO DE CUARTE CINCO CÉNTIMOS (Translation: Consumer Cooperative Supplies Section Llano de Cuarte Five Centimos) |
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Llano de Cuarte is a small village in the Valencia region, and this 5 céntimos note is a product of the Spanish Civil War's extraordinary fragmentation of local exchange. When the Republic's central coinage supply collapsed after 1936, thousands of municipalities, cooperatives, and collectives printed their own emergency scrip. The Cooperativa de Consumo — a consumer cooperative managing food supplies — issued this piece specifically to keep internal transactions moving when no other small change was available.
The Turró reference (PV#903) places it firmly within the Valencia province series documented by Andreu Turró, the most systematic catalog of this Civil War local scrip.