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1 Peseta Benicarló
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Benicarló |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on cream-coloured paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of a bull's head above the denomination numeral. The issuing authority and value are set in bold type, with the town name rendered in capital letters across the upper register. |
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| Protection description | Oval violet handstamp applied to the reverse as an official authentication mark of the Consejo Municipal de Benicarló |
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| Comments |
One of hundreds of local emergency issues that flooded Nationalist- and Republican-held territories alike during the Spanish Civil War, when the hoarding of metal coinage created an acute small-change crisis. Municipal councils across Spain were authorized — loosely, and often just by necessity — to print their own fractional notes. Benicarló, a small coastal town in Castellón province, fell under Republican control during this period.
The handstamp is the only security measure, which tells you everything about the circumstances of production. Forgery was a secondary concern when the issuing authority was a local council and the note might be invalid within months anyway.