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1 Peseta La Puebla de Roda
| Issuer | Municipality of La Puebla de Roda |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed note on coarse yellowish paper, with the municipality name 'La Puebla de Roda' set in bold uppercase type at the top, separated from the large denomination numeral and abbreviation '1 pta.' below by a short horizontal rule. The entire composition is enclosed within a rectangular dotted border running along all four edges. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse on coarse yellowish paper bearing a single applied oval municipal control stamp in blue-violet ink, the impression faint and partially legible at centre, serving as the sole authentication mark for this emergency issue. |
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La Puebla de Roda is a tiny village in the Ribagorza district of Huesca, Aragon — its population never large enough to justify a formal banking presence. This note is a product of the Spanish Civil War's catastrophic coinage shortage, which forced hundreds of municipalities, trade unions, and local committees to print their own emergency scrip from 1936 onward. Most were produced with whatever printing resources were locally available, which often meant little more than a rubber stamp and a sheet of paper.
The official stamp is the only security feature because no other was practical. Forgery was not the primary concern — acceptance was.