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1 Peseta Jabalquinto
| Issuer | Frente Popular de Jabalquinto |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on cream card stock, with no pictorial vignette or decorative underprint. The issuer name 'Frente Popular de Jabalquinto' is set in large bold type across the upper field and underlined by a horizontal rule; below, the denomination text is rendered in mixed roman and bold letterpress. A serial number field ('Núm.') appears in the upper right, and a manuscript signature with the legend 'Por el Frente Popular' is present in the lower centre, accompanied by a partially legible circular violet ink stamp at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Núm. Frente Popular de Jabalquinto Vale por UNA PESETA a favor del portador, valor reconocido por este Frente Popular. Jabalquinto - 1936. Por el Frente Popular, |
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Jabalquinto is a small municipality in the province of Jaén, Andalusia. During the early months of the Spanish Civil War, dozens of Republican-held towns across Spain — unable to access formal banking infrastructure or sufficient small change — issued their own emergency local currency under the authority of local Popular Front committees. These frente popular notes were produced under improvised conditions, printed locally on whatever stock was available, and intended purely for circulation within the issuing municipality.
Thick card stock was a common choice for these emisiones locales, offering durability when professional banknote paper was unavailable. Most were redeemed or destroyed once central Republican monetary authority reasserted itself; survival rates for the smaller Andalusian issues are low.