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1 Peseta Albalate de Cinca
| Issuer | Colectividad Municipal Unica de Albalate de Cinca |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Colectividad Municipal Unica ALBALATE DE CINCA VALE 1 peseta (Translation: Single Municipal Collectivity Albalate de Cinca Voucher 1 Peseta) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain expanse of the same pale blue card stock used for the face, with no text, vignette, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Albalate de Cinca is a small municipality in the Huesca province of Aragón, and like hundreds of similar towns across Republican Spain, it resorted to locally produced emergency scrip after the 1936 military uprising triggered a catastrophic shortage of small-denomination coinage. The Colectividad Municipal Única designation reflects the anarcho-syndicalist collectivization that swept through much of rural Aragón under CNT influence — this wasn't simply a municipal government issuing change, but a collectivized economic unit replacing conventional commerce entirely.
The near-square format and heavy stock were practical choices for hand-stamped or simply printed local issues where longevity in pocket wear mattered more than sophistication.