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25 Céntimos Espolla
| Issuer | Ajuntament d'Espolla (Municipality of Espolla) |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Austere utilitarian card stock note printed in black letterpress, with the issuer name underlined at centre and the denomination rendered below in bold text. A reddish-brown geometric border frames the entire perimeter, constituting the sole decorative element of the design. |
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| Reverse description | Plain card stock reverse bearing a two-line rubber-stamp impression in violet-purple ink applied at centre, the irregular letterforms consistent with hand-stamped application characteristic of Civil War-era Spanish municipal emergency issues. |
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Espolla is a small village in the Alt Empordà comarca of Catalonia, and like hundreds of other Catalan and Spanish municipalities, it issued its own emergency small-change notes during the Spanish Civil War. The Republican government's inability to maintain a supply of low-denomination coinage — copper and silver were hoarded or melted — forced local councils to print their own paper substitutes, typically in values of 25, 50, and 75 céntimos. Most were lithographed locally, on whatever stock was available, which accounts for the variable thickness collectors encounter across this series.
Turró's catalog remains the standard reference for these Catalan municipals, and Espolla's issues are among the more obscure entries — the village had a population of only a few hundred at the time of issue.