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25 Céntimos Cartagena; replica
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Cartagena |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue guilloche underprint on beige paper, with the municipal coat of arms of Cartagena centrally placed. Denomination and issuer text printed in red letterpress above and below the vignette. Replica overprint references RCM-FNMT and año 2003 appear in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Symmetrical dark blue guilloche border on beige paper, with the numeral 25 appearing in two red-printed roundels at centre-left and centre-right. The denomination VEINTICINCO CÉNTIMOS is lettered in red at top and bottom. Serial number Nº 000000 printed in black at lower centre; a vertical replica label strip in dark blue appears at right. |
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The Ayuntamiento de Cartagena issued emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War, and this 2003 replica — produced by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre — was almost certainly made for a commemorative or educational purpose rather than any numismatic deception. The FNMT's involvement lends the reproduction an unusual degree of official sanction; this is not a private fantasy piece.
The inclusion of a watermark in a declared replica is worth noting. It suggests the FNMT applied standard security production methods regardless of the piece's commemorative status, likely because the same presses and paper stock were used across runs.