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1 Peseta Puente de Génave
| Issuer | Municipio de Puente de Génave |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed on pink-rose paper in black letterpress, the obverse carries the issuer name 'MUNICIPIO DE PUENTE DE GÉNAVE' in the upper portion, with the name of the municipality underlined by a rule and accompanied by a small triangular device to its left. The denomination 'vale 1 peseta' is set in large bold type across the lower half. A faint circular official stamp is visible as an underprint at centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, showing the plain pink-rose paper stock with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements. |
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Puente de Génave is a small municipality in the Sierra de Segura, Jaén province, and like hundreds of Spanish towns it resorted to issuing its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War after the Republic's small change effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply absent. These municipal notes, collectively known as "moneda local" or "papel moneda municipal," were legal only within the issuing town and typically backed by nothing more than local authority.
At 61 × 41 mm, this is among the smallest pieces of paper currency produced anywhere in Spain during the conflict. Survival rate for notes from minor Andalusian municipalities is low — many were destroyed after the Nationalist takeover of the south.