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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number ORWELL/C/5/H
TitleCardboard coin of the Second Spanish Replublic
Datec1938
DescriptionA small round red/brown token made of card, with the coat of arms of the Spanish Republic on it. On the reverse of the token is a 'Especial Movil 10 Centimos' postal stamp.
This was a coin issued by the Government of the Second Spanish Republic, due to the shortage of metal during the Spanish Civil War.
This particular coin presumably belonged to George Orwell, picked up during his time spent fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
Extent1 item
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsAvailable subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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