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1 Peseta Libros
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Libros (Province of Teruel) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain unprinted ground with all text in black letterpress. The issuing authority's name appears at the top in spaced capitals, followed by the denomination in large bold italic letters at centre. Below, the place and date of issue are set in regular roman type, with the president's name and title in a smaller letterpress line; the name J. Alegre is enclosed in a hand-drawn blue oval underline with a flourishing pen stroke. A handwritten blue serial number is placed in the upper right corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE LIBROS Vale por 1 pta. Libros 4 de Julio de 1937 El Presidente, J. Alegre (Translation: Municipal Council of Libros Voucher for 1 Peseta Libros July 4, 1937 The President, J. Alegre) |
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Libros is a village in the Teruel highlands — population a few hundred even in the 1930s — which makes this emergency municipal note one of the more geographically obscure examples of Spain's Civil War billetes locales phenomenon. When the Republican government's decree of June 1937 authorized municipalities to issue small-denomination paper to combat the catastrophic shortage of coin, councils from major cities down to isolated rural townships took the opportunity. Libros was among the smallest to do so.
The Gari Mon listing of two varieties (A and B) typically indicates a serial number or ink color distinction rather than a plate change — worth examining closely against the reference plates before attributing.