Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Peseta Criptana
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Campo de Criptana |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | El Consejo Municipal de Criptana pagará al portador UNA peseta Campo de Criptana 1.º de Septiembre de 1937. (Translation: The Municipal Council of Criptana will pay the bearer One Peseta Campo de Criptana September 1, 1937.) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | UNA peseta Obligatoria su circulación dentro de la localidad NOTA: Este billete no será válido presentándolo doblado. Caduca el 28 de Febrero de 1938 (Translation: One Peseta Mandatory circulation within the locality Note: This banknote will not be valid when presented folded. Expires on February 28, 1938) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Campo de Criptana, a town in La Mancha, issued its own emergency paper money during the Spanish Civil War under the authority of its municipal council — a pattern repeated across Republican-held Spain after the Nationalist uprising disrupted the banking system and caused acute small-denomination coinage shortages from mid-1936 onward. These locally produced notes, collectively known as billetes locales or moneda municipal, were legal tender only within the issuing municipality, which created immediate practical problems for anyone traveling between towns.
The Garicano-Moragas catalog reference places this among the documented La Mancha issues, though survival rates for Campo de Criptana municipals are low — small-town runs were typically modest, and most circulated hard before the currency was withdrawn.