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1 Peseta Albacete
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Albacete (Municipality of Albacete) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Left vignette of a male worker raising a hammer above a broken chain, set within a five-pointed star, all in green letterpress on a guilloche-bordered ground. Series letter and serial number appear in the upper left; three manuscript signatures for El Presidente, El Interventor, and El Depositario are printed below the denomination. |
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| Signature(s) | M. Regidor (El Presidente), G. Ramirez (El Interventor) and Juan Serrano (El Depositario) |
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One of hundreds of locally issued emergency notes produced during the Spanish Civil War, when the collapse of normal coin circulation forced Republican-controlled municipalities to print their own fractional currency. Albacete was a significant Republican logistics hub — it housed the headquarters of the International Brigades from late 1936 — which gave the city's local emission a slightly more stable backing than many comparable issues from smaller towns.
Printed by Bassa i Pagès, a Barcelona shop responsible for a considerable volume of wartime municipal paper. Three signatories across administrative roles was the norm for these issues, a deliberate structure meant to distribute accountability.