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1 Peseta Gilet
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Gilet |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#712-B, Turró PV#806 |
| Obverse description | Plain unadorned face printed in black letterpress on cream paper, with the issuer name 'Consejo Municipal' set in serif capitals at the top, below which 'GILET' appears in larger bold type framed by double horizontal rules and underscored by a fine comb ornament. The denomination statement 'VALE por UNA pta.' occupies the lower portion in progressively larger typefaces, the final two words rendered in heavy bold display type. |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal GILET VALE por UNA pta. (Translation: Municipal Council / Gilet / Voucher for / One Peseta) |
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Gilet is a small municipality in Valencia province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency paper scrip in 1937 when Republican-zone small change essentially ceased to exist. The Consejo Municipal stepped in to fill that gap — not by choice, but because the Generalitat Valenciana's own fractional currency couldn't keep pace with demand at the village level.
The Turró and Gari catalogues document enormous variation in quality and survival across Valencian municipal issues of this period. Notes from tiny populations like Gilet were printed in small quantities and used hard in local commerce, which makes intact survivors relatively uncommon.