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1 Peseta Argamasilla de Calatrava
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Argamasilla de Calatrava |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note on plain paper with a geometric border of diamond and square ornamental elements enclosing the text field. A violet oval municipal stamp bearing the arms of Argamasilla de Calatrava (Ciudad Real) is applied to the left side. A dashed rectangular cartouche in the lower centre contains the denomination inscription, with a serial number field at the upper right reading "Num." |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE ARGAMASILLA DE CALATRAVA Bono Municipal UNA peseta Núm. (Translation: Municipal Council of Argamasilla de Calatrava Municipal Bond One Peseta No.) |
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Argamasilla de Calatrava is a small municipality in Ciudad Real province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns it issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's coinage essentially vanished from circulation in 1936–37. These local notes — collectively called billetes locales or moneda de necesidad — were produced under municipal authority with whatever materials were available, which is why thick card stock appears so frequently in the series.
The Gari catalogue reference is unassigned, suggesting this piece either wasn't documented at time of publication or remains incompletely attributed. Survivors from small Castilian municipalities in this denomination are genuinely uncommon — most were redeemed, lost, or simply fell apart given the material they were printed on.