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1 Peseta Macael
| Issuer | Macael, Municipality of |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSEJERÍA DE ABASTOS DE MACAEL (ALMERÍA) |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Macael is a small municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, best known for its white marble quarries. Like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency paper money in 1936–37 when the Republican government's small-change shortage left local commerce effectively paralyzed. These municipal notes — called "billetes locales" or sometimes "vales" — were authorizations of local committees or ayuntamientos acting out of practical necessity rather than any formal monetary mandate.
The Gari Mon reference places this among the documented Andalusian local issues, but Macael's output was small. Survival rates for these provincial wartime notes vary enormously by town, and many were redeemed or destroyed before hostilities ended.