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1 Peseta Dolores
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Dolores |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet on plain paper, the face carries a geometric rectangular border enclosing the principal text legend and a stylized coat of arms of the Spanish Republic rendered as a central vignette. Letterpress typography throughout, with the denomination and issuer name arranged in horizontal registers within the framed field. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in violet by letterpress, the reverse is organized around a central circular medallion bearing the large numeral '1' above the word 'PESETAS', flanked symmetrically by two ornate radiating rosette vignettes with acanthus scroll surrounds. A semi-circular arch at the top carries the word 'ABASTOS' and below it 'AÑO 1937', while a horizontal cartouche beneath reads 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE DOLORES'; a serial number and asterisk appear in the upper right corner outside the main frame. |
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Consejo Municipal de Dolores was one of hundreds of Spanish Republican municipalities that issued emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the central government's coin supply collapsed in 1936–37. These locally-produced notes — often called billetes de necesidad or vales — were purely utilitarian responses to a hoarding crisis that stripped small-denomination coinage from everyday commerce almost overnight.
Municipal issues from small Andalusian and Valencian towns in this period were frequently printed in tiny runs, used hard within the locality, and rarely exported beyond it. Survival rates are accordingly low, and the Gari Montserrat catalog remains the only serious systematic reference for this category.