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| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Godelleta |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on cream-coloured card stock, the obverse is dominated by the large bold letters 'UNA' occupying the left half of the note. To the right, the issuing authority 'Consejo Municipal de GODELLETA' is set in a smaller typeface above a handwritten serial number flanked by dashes, with the denomination 'peseta' in bold type at the lower right. The overall design is purely typographic, devoid of any vignette or ornamental underprint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is left plain on cream card stock, bearing an oval violet municipal stamp at the upper left and a manuscript signature across the centre. No printed text or ornamental elements are present. |
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Godelleta is a small municipality in the Valencia province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its municipal council issued emergency fractional currency when Republican-zone coin disappeared from circulation almost entirely — hoarded, melted, or simply disrupted by wartime logistics. These local issues, known collectively as "moneda local de guerra," were produced under no central oversight, which is why quality, format, and paper vary so wildly between towns and even between series from the same issuer.
The Turró and Gari catalogues document two variants for this denomination, with the B suffix here indicating a secondary emission — likely a reprint to meet continued demand as the war dragged into 1937.