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1 Peseta Vallada
| Issuer | Comité Ejecutivo Frente Popular de Vallada |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress emergency voucher on plain cream stock, printed entirely in black ink. The issuer name "COMITE EJECUTIVO FRENTE POPULAR" appears at the top in spaced capitals, underlined by a double rule, with a serial number and asterisk mark to the upper right. The bearer clause and denomination "1 peseta" are set in large bold type at centre, with the place and date "Vallada 13 Sepbre. 1936" below; a circular red official seal is impressed to the right, alongside the manuscript signature line captioned "EL PRESIDENTE". |
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| Obverse lettering | COMITE EJECUTIVO FRENTE POPULAR VALE al portador por 1 peseta Vallada 13 Sepbre. 1936 EL PRESIDENTE (Translation: Executive Committee Popular Front Voucher to the bearer for 1 Peseta Vallada, September 13, 1936 The President) |
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Vallada is a small municipality in Valencia, and this note is one of hundreds of hyper-local emergency issues produced by Popular Front committees across Republican Spain in the summer and autumn of 1936. The immediate trigger was the hoarding and disappearance of metallic coinage following the military uprising in July — small change effectively vanished from circulation within weeks, and local committees across the Republican zone stepped in to fill the gap with whatever printing resources they had at hand.
The thick card stock is characteristic of municipalities that lacked access to proper banknote paper and resorted to local printers, sometimes using commercial card. These issues were technically valid only within the issuing locality.