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1 Peseta Cuevas del Almanzora
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Cuevas del Almanzora |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress printing on plain paper with a decorative geometric border and ornamental framing enclosing the central text; the coat of arms of the Spanish Republic appears in the upper left corner. The denomination and issuing authority are printed in blue lettering against a red squared underprint pattern, with the date of issue incorporated into the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 Peseta Cuevas de Almanzora DICIEMBRE 1937 |
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Cuevas del Almanzora is a mining town in Almería province, and like hundreds of Spanish municipalities during the Civil War, its local council was forced to produce its own fractional currency when Republican Spain's small-change supply collapsed entirely in 1936–37. The Banco de España had been hoarding coins, and silver had largely vanished from circulation. Municipal councils — whatever their political complexion — had little choice but to print.
The Gari Monerris catalogue documents over a thousand such local emissions from the Republican zone, and Almería province is among the better-represented regions. Cuevas examples turn up occasionally but not abundantly.