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1 Peseta Criptana
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Criptana |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#574-C |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal de Criptana Emisión Local 1 de junio de 1937 Vale por 1 peseta Canjeable en la Sucursal del Banco Español de Crédito El Presidente, El Depositario, Este vale caduca el 31 de agosto de 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council of Criptana Local Issue June 1, 1937 Valid for 1 Peseta Redeemable at the Branch of the Banco Español de Crédito The President, The Depositary, This voucher expires on August 31, 1937.) |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 Obligatoria su circulación en la localidad (Translation: 1 Mandatory circulation in the locality) |
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Consejo Municipal de Criptana issued this emergency local currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republican zone faced a near-total collapse of small-denomination coinage in circulation. Municipalities across La Mancha stepped in to fill the gap with paper fractional notes, many printed under improvised conditions with limited typographic resources. Criptana — more formally Campo de Criptana, in Ciudad Real province — was a Republican-held town through most of the conflict.
Municipal emergency issues from this region are poorly documented, and survival rates vary sharply. The Garrido Mora catalog reference confirms authenticity; without it, distinguishing genuine issues from later facsimiles can be difficult.