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1 Peseta Alcoy; replica
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Alcoy |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Light and dark green print on beige. A large central guilloche medallion encloses a five-pointed star with the numeral "1" at its centre, flanked by symmetrical ornamental oval cartouches. Series designation appears at upper left and right, with obligatory-exchange and emission legends in bordered panels above and below. |
| Reverse lettering | ESTE BILLETE ES CANJEABLE POR PAPEL MONEDA DE CURSO LEGAL SERIE B(2) EMISIÓN HECHA DE ACUERDO CON LAS BASES APROBADAS POR EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL EN SESIÓN DE 12 DE JULIO DE 1937 RCM-FNMT Año 2003 (Translation: THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR LEGAL TENDER PAPER MONEY. SERIES B(2) ISSUANCE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASES APPROVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IN SESSION OF JULY 12, 1937 RCM-FNMT Year 2003) |
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Alcoy's municipal council issued emergency paper money during the Spanish Civil War when small-change coinage effectively disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply lost to the disruptions of war. Dozens of Spanish municipalities did the same between 1936 and 1938, creating a chaotic patchwork of purely local scrip that was legally worthless outside its issuing town.
This is a replica. The originals were printed by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre in Madrid — an unusual arrangement given that Alcoy sits in Valencia province, well behind Republican lines but hardly convenient to the capital.