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| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Oropesa |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed in black on light blue-grey card stock, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border. The issuing authority 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' appears in bold capitals at the top, with 'OROPESA' centred beneath a pair of horizontal rules. A serial number field ('Núm.') occupies the centre, with the denomination statement 'Vale por UNA peseta' in bold letters at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL OROPESA Vale por UNA peseta Núm. (Translation: Municipal Council Oropesa Voucher for One Peseta / No.) |
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Oropesa is a small municipality in Toledo province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, its local council issued emergency fractional currency when Republican-zone commerce ground to a halt after hoarding stripped coins from circulation almost entirely. These consejo municipal notes were produced locally — often by the town printer, sometimes by hand-stamped sheets — with no central oversight and wildly inconsistent quality control. The thick card stock used here was a practical response to the fragility of thin paper under daily handling in a wartime village economy.
Gari Mon #1046-D indicates a catalogued variant within the Oropesa sequence, suggesting at least minor typographic or compositional differences exist across the series.