I have been reading Ernest Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls about an American fighting in the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish Republic against the Nationalists. I started a collection of world coins when I was a teenager in 1964, and here are some from the Spanish Republic: 5 Centimos 1937 25 Centimos 1934 50 Centimos 1937 1 Peseta 1933 - Silver 1 Peseta 1937 And one from the other side, the Spanish Nationalists (Fascist): 25 Centimos 1937
LOL just been reading Siberian's thread on Spanish coinage :smile now this bit on the Republic very interesting collection you both have :hail: I like the design on the 1934 25p would love to get a high quality version of that one
Then there are the Basque and Catalan secessionist coins. I think there might have ben notegeld, too.
Basque Independent Viscayan Republic Basque (1937): Viscayan Republic 1 Peseta 1937 Viscayan Republic 2 Peseta 1937
Beautiful coins. I really like the Basque/ Viscayan coin as I have never heard or came across coins with a Basque connection. Very cool. :thumb:
Ok, I liked it sooo much that I had to have one, besides my ancestors are Basque. It's a 1937 2 Pesetas coin De-Euzkadi. Thumbs up W. Boyd,
Nice coins. Although I live in Madrid, I come from the Basque Country. There is an interesting discussion about this. Although some books talk about "Viscaya", I think it is an incorrect term for it. Let's say that "Vizcaya" is just a part of the Basque Country (Euskadi) or Euzkadi that you can read on the coin. The funny part of it is that I was born in Vitoria (Alava), the capital of the Basque Country. So it would be similar that you said to a London citizen that you have a one pound coin in your want list, and you place it in the "Scottish country" :-D . Anyway I suppose that is the way that some catalogs may speak about it (as Krause do). There is a lot of interesting information about it. During Spanish civil war, the country broke into two. As both sides needed their coins, there were two central banks at the same time, plus many regions who issued their own coins as they needed them. If you have a look at the map, you will understand that central bank in Madrid could not supply its coins to the Basque Country (in the north, surrounding Bilbao).
