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1 Peseta Aracena
| Issuer | Aracena, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#172A-A |
| Obverse description | Printed in violet on plain paper, the face carries the denomination and issuing authority text within a rectangular border, flanked by decorative geometric corner ornaments and a fine floral guilloche underprint in ocher tones. The upper portion bears a handwritten serial number preceded by the legend "Núm." and the corners are marked with the numeral "1". Auxiliary inscriptions specify the conditions of exchange and the Nationalist dating formula "Segundo Año Triunfal". |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in violet on plain paper, the reverse presents the value statement "VALE POR / UNA PESETA, UNA" in bold letterpress within a double-ruled rectangular frame. Decorative chevron ornaments formed by small rosette clusters appear above and below the central panel, and the numeral "1" is repeated at each corner, with a faint circular official stamp visible at the right margin. |
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Aracena, a small municipality in the Sierra de Huelva, fell within the Nationalist zone almost immediately after the July 1936 uprising. These locally issued emergency notes — billete de necesidad — filled a practical void caused by the hoarding and disappearance of Republican coinage from circulation. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities issued similar notes during 1936–37, each authority printing with whatever means were locally available, resulting in wide variation in paper quality and printing fidelity within the same series.
The Gari Montllor catalogue remains the principal reference for Spanish Civil War municipal issues; the 172A-A designation places this among the documented Aracena emissions, though survival rates for small-town necesidad notes are erratic.