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1 Peseta Aras de Alpuente
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Aras de Alpuente |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in black letterpress on coarse cream card stock with rounded corners. The large bold denomination word 'UNA' occupies the left half in oversized block capitals, while the right half carries the issuer name 'Consejo Municipal de Aras de Alpuente' in two sizes of serif type separated by ruled lines. The word 'peseta' appears at lower right with a double underline rule beneath it. |
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| Reverse lettering | El Secretario |
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Aras de Alpuente is a small municipality in the Valencia province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency when Republican-zone coinage essentially vanished from circulation. The national government had authorized municipalities to fill the gap, but production quality and survival rates varied enormously — smaller villages often printed on whatever card stock was at hand, sometimes using rubber stamps and local typefaces.
Turró's catalogue of Valencian provisional issues documents this note under PV#215, placing it firmly within the broader regional emergency emission series. Notes from villages this size were circulated intensely and briefly, typically retiring within months as larger-denomination scrip or official Republican issues restored some normality.