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15 Centimos Los Yébenes
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Los Yébenes |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Weight | 0.5 g |
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| Obverse description | A Spanish postal stamp of 15 céntimos affixed to the cardboard disc serves as the obverse, depicting the bust of King Alfonso XIII facing right, crowned and in military dress uniform, set within an ornate engraved frame with fleur-de-lis ornaments at the lower corners. The denomination '15' appears at upper left and 'Cs.' at upper right within the stamp design. The legend 'ESPAÑA' is inscribed below the portrait, with 'CORREOS' beneath it. The stamp bears a cancellation mark, consistent with its reuse as an emergency monetary token during the Spanish Civil War. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multicolored printed label affixed to the cardboard disc, featuring an octagonal central field in pink and yellow tones enclosing a seated cat beside a flowering branch, symbolizing the locality. The legend 'CARTÓN MONEDA DE USO PROVISIONAL' arcs around the upper border of the outer circle, while the issuing municipality 'LOS YÉBENES (TOLEDO)' and the date '1937' are inscribed across the lower portion of the central octagon. The outer border is decorated with an alternating geometric and teardrop pattern in black on a pale blue ground, forming a starburst ring around the central design. |
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Los Yébenes is a small municipality in Toledo province, and like hundreds of Spanish Republican towns during the Civil War, it faced an acute shortage of small change after metallic coin hoarding stripped circulation bare within months of the July 1936 uprising. The Ayuntamiento issued cardboard fractional notes — technically cartones moneda — as a local emergency measure, backed by nothing more than municipal authority and community trust.
Most surviving examples from Toledo province show significant handling damage; cardboard was never meant to last.