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1 Peseta Benidorm
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Benidorm |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note on pink paper with black text throughout and a geometric guilloche border framing the entire face. The coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is centered at the top within a decorative rectangular cartouche, flanked by the denomination '1 peseta' repeated at upper left and upper right. A scrollwork banner below the arms bears the issuer name, with the promise-to-pay legend, date, and the circular violet official stamp of the Consejo Municipal de Benidorm in the lower half, accompanied by a manuscript signature of the President of the Municipal Council. |
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| Reverse lettering | Consejo Municipal de Benidorm 1 Peseta (Translation: Municipal Council of Benidorm 1 Peseta) |
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Benidorm in 1937 was nothing like the resort town it would eventually become — it was a small fishing village, and its municipal council issued emergency paper money during the Spanish Civil War because the Republic's central government could not guarantee adequate small-denomination coinage in circulation. These local emissions, known as billetes de necesidad, were authorized by the Generalitat and proliferated across Catalonia and the Levant; Benidorm's issues are among the more obscure examples from the Valencia region.
Gari Mon #297-D indicates a specific catalog variant within the Benidorm series — likely a signature, color, or serial variation distinguishing it from closely related types.