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1 Peseta Forcall
| Issuer | El Centro Obrero Forcallense (Cooperativa) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 57 × 35 mm |
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| Obverse description | Uniface letterpress note printed entirely in red on plain paper. At left, the denomination numeral '1' above the word 'PESETA' is enclosed within a ruled rectangular frame with three vertical rules extending below; to the right, the issuer name and promise-to-pay legend are set in roman type with the place and date of issue in italics. A manuscript signature of the Depositary appears in the lower right corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 PESETA El Centro Obrero Forcallense (COOPERATIVA) Pagará al portador UNA PESETA FORCALL, 1 de octubre 1937. EL DEPOSITARIO, (Translation: 1 Peseta / The Forcallense Workers Centre (Cooperative) / Will pay the bearer ONE PESETA / FORCALL, 1 October 1937. / THE DEPOSITARY,) |
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El Centro Obrero Forcallense was a workers' cooperative in the small Castellón municipality of Forcall, and like dozens of similar organizations across Republican-held Spain, it began issuing its own paper scrip in 1937 as the Civil War drained metallic coinage from local circulation. These cooperative emissions were never formally sanctioned by the Republican government — they proliferated out of sheer necessity, with each issuing body responsible for guaranteeing redemption from its own resources.
Survival rates for Forcall scrip are low. The town's population was under a thousand, meaning total print runs were small and few pieces escaped the postwar purges of Republican-associated materials.