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5 Céntimos Torreperogil
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Torreperogil |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream stock printed entirely in dark green letterpress. The issuing authority name and place of issue are set in three lines of serif type across the upper field, followed by the bearer clause, with the face value numeral in a large bold font and the denomination word in matching serif type below, the two underlined by a horizontal rule. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted cream stock bearing a single circular municipal validation stamp applied in red ink, positioned toward the lower right. The stamp carries legible text around its circumference and a central device, serving as the sole authentication mark on this face. |
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Torreperogil is a small olive-growing municipality in Jaén province, Andalusia, and this 5 céntimos note is a product of the acute small-change crisis that paralyzed Republican-held Spain from mid-1936 onward. The nationalization of copper and the hoarding of coins left town councils across the country scrambling to print their own fractional scrip — locally known as moneda de guerra or emergency municipal paper — just to keep daily commerce moving at markets and bakeries.
The Gari Mon catalog records only a handful of Torreperogil emissions, and this A-variant suggests at least one printing run distinction within the series, though surviving populations are thin enough that precise quantities remain undocumented.