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1 Peseta La Puerta de Segura
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de La Puerta de Segura |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream card stock bearing a single oval violet rubber stamp impression at centre, reading 'COMITE LOCAL' at the top arc and 'IZQUIERDA REPUBLICANA' across the middle band, with 'La Puerta' visible at the lower arc. No printed design elements are present beyond this validating stamp. |
| Reverse lettering | COMITE LOCAL IZQUIERDA REPUBLICANA La Puerta (Translation: Local Committee Republican Left La Puerta) |
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La Puerta de Segura is a small municipality in Jaén province, Andalusia, and this note is a product of the Spanish Civil War's catastrophic small-change crisis. From 1936 onward, hoarding drained copper and silver from circulation almost entirely, forcing hundreds of town councils — ayuntamientos and consejos municipales — to print their own emergency fractional currency. The Consejo Municipal designation rather than Ayuntamiento suggests the town was operating under a wartime administrative arrangement, likely Republican-controlled at time of issue.
Thick card stock was a common workaround when proper banknote paper was unavailable to small issuers with no access to official printing infrastructure.