Catalog
1 Peseta Alpera
| Issuer | Alpera, Municipality of |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress printing on plain paper with geometric border framing the entire note. At centre, an allegorical vignette of a seated female figure wearing a Phrygian cap and resting upon a book, symbolising the Spanish Republic. Circular and linear ornamental elements frame the central vignette, with denomination and issuer inscriptions arranged around the design. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress printing on plain paper with geometric border matching the obverse framing style. At centre, the local coat of arms surmounted by a crown, rendered as a simple typographic or line-engraved vignette. Issuer and denomination inscriptions are arranged around the central arms. |
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Alpera is a small municipality in Albacete province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency fractional paper currency when coin shortages made small transactions nearly impossible. These municipal notes — collectively known as "billetes de necesidad" — were produced locally, often by whatever printing resources the town had available, and Alpera's 1 Peseta is no exception to that improvised character.
The Garicano-Montuenga reference (154-B) indicates a variant within the series, suggesting at least two known types were issued.