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1 Peseta Bailén
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Bailén |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#220-D |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal BAILÉN UNA Peseta Serie A (Translation: Municipal Council Bailén One Peseta Series A) |
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| Protection description | Hand-applied oval red ink stamp on reverse reading 'INTERVENCIÓN DEL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' with a central device, serving as an official authentication mark. |
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Bailén's municipal council issued emergency small-change notes during the Spanish Civil War, when Republican-controlled municipalities across Andalusia faced an acute shortage of fractional currency after hoarding stripped coins from circulation almost overnight. These local emissions were authorized under a 1936 decree permitting ayuntamientos and other local bodies to print their own scrip — an arrangement that produced hundreds of distinct issuers, most operating with rudimentary materials.
The validation stamp was the primary safeguard against counterfeiting, a low bar given the production quality. Bailén itself carries some irony: the town famous for the 1808 defeat of Napoleonic forces ended up issuing paper whose legitimacy depended on an ink stamp.