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1 Peseta Vélez-Blanco
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de Vélez-Blanco |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in red ink, framed by a geometric border running the full perimeter. The coat of arms of the Spanish Republic is positioned in the upper left corner, balanced by the denomination numeral to the right. All text and structural elements are rendered in a plain, utilitarian typeface consistent with wartime municipal emergency issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ayuntamiento de Vélez-Blanco Vale por Una Peseta Abril, 1937 1 pta. (Translation: City Council of Vélez-Blanco Voucher for One Peseta April, 1937 1 Peseta) |
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During the Spanish Civil War, hundreds of Spanish municipalities issued their own emergency fractional currency when Republican-zone coins vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply absent. Vélez-Blanco, a small town in the Almería province of Andalusia, was among them. These ayuntamiento-issued notes were purely local instruments, accepted only within the issuing municipality and often redeemable in theory but rarely in practice once the war ended.
The absence of a Gari Montaner catalog number suggests this piece either remains unattributed or was recorded after the main reference work was compiled — not unusual for provincial Almería issues, which are among the least documented of the Republican emergency emissions.