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1 Peseta Esplús
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Esplús |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 81 × 53 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue throughout, the note is framed by a ruled border with the coat of arms of the Spanish Republic positioned at the left and an ear of wheat vignette at the right. The face value and issuing authority appear in bold letterpress type across the centre, with the mandatory circulation clause rendered in smaller text below. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse centres the face value numeral within a circular frame, flanked to the right by a vignette of a farmer mowing with a sickle alongside the local municipal shield. The issuing authority and denomination are rendered in letterpress type above and below the central motif. |
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Esplús is a tiny municipality in the Huesca province of Aragon — its wartime scrip exists because the Spanish Civil War severed reliable coin supply to rural communities almost entirely by 1937. Hundreds of Spanish towns and village councils issued their own emergency paper, and the Consejo Municipal here was no exception, authorizing notes through the Centre d'Administració Municipal's printing operation in Barcelona, which served as a clearinghouse printer for dozens of these small Republican-zone issuers simultaneously.
The Gari Montllor catalog — the authoritative reference for Spanish Civil War local issues — lists multiple varieties for Esplús under #617, making precise identification of the specific sub-type critical to valuation.