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1 Peseta Alcolea de Cinca
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Alcolea de Cinca |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Green underprint with large block letters reading 'UNA PESETA' arranged diagonally across the centre, overlaid by black letterpress text giving the issuing authority and legal tender declaration. A geometric guilloche-style border frames the entire note, with the numeral '1' in the upper right corner. A serial number in black and two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion, attributed to El Alcalde and El Secretario Interventor respectively. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Alcolea de Cinca is a small municipality in Huesca province, Aragon — deep in Republican-held territory during the early phase of the Civil War. This note is a product of the acute small-change crisis of 1936–37, when hoarding stripped coins from circulation almost overnight. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities responded by printing their own emergency fractional paper, with virtually no central oversight and extremely limited print runs.
The only security measure was a local official stamp — the same rubber or metal die used on municipal documents. Forgery was rarely the concern; these notes almost never circulated beyond the village that issued them.