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5 Céntimos Purchena
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Purchena |
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| Value | 5 Centimos (0.05 ESP) |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
| Protection description | Oval municipal council stamp applied in blue-grey ink to the reverse as validation |
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Purchena is a small municipality in the Almería province of Andalusia, and this 5 céntimos piece is a product of the fractional currency crisis that paralyzed Republican-held Spain from 1936 onward. When the Civil War disrupted coin supplies and the central government failed to fill the gap quickly enough, thousands of local councils — ayuntamientos and consejos municipales — printed their own emergency issues. Purchena's are among the more obscure, with the Gari Monerris catalogue being the primary reference that even acknowledges their existence.
The thick card stock was a practical choice: thinner paper disintegrated rapidly in everyday use at this denomination level.