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1 Peseta Beniarrés
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Beniarrés |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Green note with two circular vignettes separated by olive branches: the left vignette contains a stylized coat of arms of the Spanish Republic, while the right vignette displays the face value. Letterpress text inscriptions are arranged around and between the vignettes, with the issuing authority named at the top and denomination repeated in full. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse, largely blank, with a hand-applied oval violet rubber stamp at centre bearing the municipal coat of arms and the legend CONSEJO MUNICIPAL / Beniarres, flanked by two stars, together with a manuscript signature to the right. |
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Beniarrés is a small municipality in the Comtat region of Valencia, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency paper money when the Republic's central supply of coin and small-denomination notes collapsed under wartime pressure. These municipally issued notes — collectively known as papel moneda local — filled a practical gap: copper and silver had been hoarded or melted, and the Republican government could not distribute fractional currency fast enough to keep local commerce moving.
The Gari Mon census documents this specific emission, but survivorship varies sharply even among notes from the same run. Small Valencian council issues were typically printed in very limited quantities, often on whatever paper stock was locally available.