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1 Peseta Sigüenza
| Issuer | Caja Rural de Sigüenza |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream stock printed in black by letterpress. A small square ornamental vignette with a floral and geometric motif occupies the upper left corner. The issuer name 'CAJA RURAL DE Sigüenza.' is set in bold uppercase type across the upper portion of the note, with the denomination statement 'Vale una peseta.' rendered in a mixed roman and italic typeface in the lower half. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on plain cream paper with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements. |
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During the Spanish Civil War, dozens of municipalities and local institutions issued their own emergency paper currency — the so-called billetes de necesidad — to combat the chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. Sigüenza, a small cathedral city in Guadalajara province, changed hands violently in 1936 and remained a contested zone. This note, issued by the local agricultural savings institution, was a practical stopgap rather than any formal monetary instrument.
The Gari Montenegro reference number is unassigned, which typically indicates the note was documented too late or in insufficient quantity to receive a full catalog entry — a common situation for hyper-local wartime issues from Castile.