Catalog
1 Peseta Fraga
| Issuer | Comité Popular Antifascista de Fraga |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain orange card stock printed in black letterpress throughout. The issuing authority "Comité Popular Antifascista" appears at the top, with "FRAGA" in bold capitals below. The denomination "1 Pta." is set in large bold type at centre, followed by a serial number field prefixed "Nº". The legend "CURSO INTERIOR" runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted orange card stock, authenticated by a single hand-applied circular violet ink stamp reading "Comité del Frente Popular de Fraga" around its circumference, with a handwritten signature across the centre. A small paper repair strip is affixed to the left side. |
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Fraga is a small town on the Aragón-Catalonia border, and this note was issued by its local antifascist committee during the Spanish Civil War — one of hundreds of municipal emergency emissions that flooded the Republican zone after the July 1936 coup disrupted the national banking system. The Banco de España's branch network effectively collapsed in large parts of Republican territory, and coins vanished from circulation almost immediately as hoarding set in. Local committees filled the gap with whatever they could print or stamp.
The thick card stock was a practical choice under wartime conditions, not an aesthetic one — it wore better in daily exchange than thin paper and could be produced locally without specialist equipment.