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1 Peseta Albocácer
| Issuer | Albocácer, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain pink card stock with black letterpress text arranged in two lines: 'VALE por' at top and 'UNA peseta' in larger type at centre. An oval municipal control stamp, partially legible, is applied over the denomination area, authenticating the voucher as an official municipal issue. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Albocácer is a small municipality in Castellón province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency fractional currency when the Republic's central supply of small-denomination coinage collapsed under wartime strain. These local issues — collectively catalogued under the broader *billetes de necesidad* framework — were produced with whatever printing resources existed at the municipal level, which in most cases meant a local press, a rubber stamp, and paper pulled from whatever stock was available.
The square format and thick card construction are characteristic of the Castellón region issues, where durability mattered more than sophistication. Gari Mon#58-C distinguishes this variant by stamp type.