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1 Peseta Albacete
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Albacete |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL ALBACETE 1 PTA. VALEDERO SOLAMENTE EN ESTE TERMINO EL PRESIDENTE EL INTERVENTOR EL DEPOSITARIO (Translation: Municipal Council Albacete 1 Peseta Valid only in this Term / The President / The Comptroller / The Treasurer) |
| Reverse description | Central coat of arms of Albacete occupies the middle of the note, flanked by lateral allegorical vignettes representing the Republic, including a female portrait and a raised fist. The design is executed in a letterpress style with a decorative border frame. |
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Albacete's Consejo Municipal issued this note as emergency local currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the collapse of small-denomination coinage left municipalities scrambling to keep markets functional. Hundreds of Spanish town councils did the same between 1936 and 1939, each producing its own improvised scrip — the result is a chaotic, fascinating body of material that the Gari Montalvo catalogue attempts to organize by locality and type.
The Almansa connection is worth noting: printed outside Albacete itself, which was common when local print capacity was limited or already committed to other wartime demands. The embossed seal was the primary anti-counterfeiting measure — modest, but adequate given the hyper-local circulation these notes were designed for.