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1 Peseta Urrea de Gaén
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Urrea de Gaén |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL de Urrea de Gaen (TERUEL) Este Consejo reconoce a favor del portador la cantidad de Pesetas 1 Su validez la acredita el sello del Consejo estampado al dorso (Translation: Municipal Council of Urrea de Gaén (Teruel) This Council recognizes in favor of the bearer the amount of Pesetas 1 Its validity is confirmed by the seal of the Council, stamped on the back) |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL URREA DE AÉN (TERUEL) |
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Urrea de Gaén is a small village in the Teruel province of Aragon, and like hundreds of similar municipalities it was forced to issue its own emergency paper fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War after metallic coins vanished from circulation almost immediately in 1936. The Consejo Municipal issues were purely local instruments — accepted within the village, worthless beyond it, and produced with whatever printing resources were available at the time.
The Gari Mon reference places this within the enormous documented universe of Republican-zone local issues, catalogued by Amado Gari Fernández. The handstamp is the sole security measure, and its clarity is the single most consequential factor in attribution for pieces from this municipality.