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1 Peseta Monterrubio de la Serena
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Monterrubio de la Serena |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#950-C |
| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress text in dark brown ink on plain buff card stock. The issuer name 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' appears at top in large capitals, with 'MONTERRUBIO DE LA SERENA' underlined below. The denomination 'Vale por 1 peseta' is centred, followed by a handwritten serial number, with the date 'Septiembre 1937.' at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL MONTERRUBIO DE LA SERENA Vale por 1 peseta Septiembre 1937. (Translation: Municipal Council Monterrubio de la Serena Valid for 1 Peseta September 1937.) |
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Monterrubio de la Serena is a small municipality in Badajoz province, Extremadura — solidly Republican territory in 1937 and effectively cut off from stable national currency as the Civil War disrupted supply chains and drained coin from circulation. Hundreds of Spanish municipalities issued their own emergency fractional notes that year under similar pressure, but the volume of surviving Extremaduran examples is notably thin, likely because many were redeemed locally and pulped rather than preserved.
The thick card stock was a practical choice: small-denomination municipally printed scrip needed to survive rough daily handling in markets and shops without falling apart.