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1 Peseta Valdepeñas
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Valdepeñas |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 Pta CONSEJO MUNICIPAL VALDEPEÑAS 1 Pta (Translation: 1 Peseta Municipal Council Valdepeñas 1 Peseta) |
| Reverse description | Yellow and olive-brown bicolour note centred on the quartered municipal coat of arms of Valdepeñas, surmounted by a mural crown and flanked by grapevine sprigs in the upper corners; the shield quarters display a tower, a cross, a plain field, and wine barrels, reflecting the city's heraldic and viticultural identity. Denomination panels '1 Pta' occupy the upper left and upper right corners, with series and serial number fields flanking the arms. The legend 'MUY HEROICA CIUDAD VALDEPEÑAS' encircles the shield laterally, and the printer's imprint 'LIT. FELIX MARTINEZ VAL.' appears at the lower right margin. |
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Valdepeñas issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War, when the Republic's central government couldn't reliably supply small-denomination coinage to municipalities across the country. Local councils — consejos municipales — were effectively authorized to fill the gap themselves, producing notes that rarely traveled beyond the town that printed them. This one was printed locally by Félix Martínez, a lithographic firm operating within the same town that issued it, an arrangement more common in La Mancha than in larger urban centers with access to established security printers.
Survival rates for these municipal emissions vary sharply by locality. Valdepeñas examples turn up with some regularity, likely because the town's wine trade kept a degree of commercial activity running longer than in more contested areas.