Why did Spanish anarchist communes abolish the internal use of money?

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Red anarchy symbol, a capital letter A inside a circle, painted with rough brush strokes on a white background. — anarchism The “circle-A,” a common anarchist symbol.

During the Spanish Civil War, Spanish anarchists viewed the conflict as an opportunity to implement a social revolution based on libertarian principles. In hundreds of villages across Catalonia, Levante, and Andalusia, peasants seized land and established communes modeled after the ideas described by Peter Kropotkin in The Conquest of Bread.1

These communes abolished the internal use of money to facilitate a system of communal living and equitable distribution. Under this structure, land was tilled in common, and village products were sold or exchanged on behalf of the community as a whole. Each family then received an equitable share of food and other necessities, reflecting an idealistic, Spartan approach to social organization. This transition was driven by a desire to replace traditional economic structures with a system where resources were managed collectively for the benefit of all members.1