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1 Peseta Abarán
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Abarán (Municipality of Abarán) |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress printing on cream paper within a geometric rectangular border frame. A lightly printed underprint of the coat of arms of the Spanish Republic occupies the centre of the note. The issuing authority, payment obligation, and emission year are arranged in a structured typographic layout within the frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL AYUNTAMIENTO ABARAN Pagará al portador 1 PESETA Emisión 1937 (Translation: The City Council of Abarán Will pay the bearer 1 Peseta Issue 1937) |
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Abarán is a small market town in the Segura river valley of Murcia, and this 1937 peseta is one of the emergency local issues produced during the Spanish Civil War when the Republican zone faced a near-total collapse of small-denomination coinage. Silver and copper had been hoarded, melted down for the war effort, or simply vanished from circulation — municipalities across the Levante and Catalonia filled the gap by printing their own cartones and billetes de necesidad with whatever printing resources were locally available.
The Gari Monerris catalogue remains the standard reference for these Murcian municipal issues. Many Abarán notes were never formally redeemed.