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1 Peseta Villafranca del Cid
| Issuer | Villafranca del Cid, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-toned paper note with a simple rectangular border framing the entire face. The issuing authority 'CONSEJO MUNICIPAL' is set in bold dark blue letterpress type at the top, with 'Villafranca del Cid' in smaller italicised lettering below. A hand-stamped serial number appears in the centre field, with the denomination 'UNA peseta' printed in large bold type across the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL Villafranca del Cid UNA peseta (Translation: Municipal Council Villafranca del Cid One Peseta) |
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Villafranca del Cid — now Vilafranca, in Castellón province — issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Civil War when Republican-zone municipalities faced an acute shortage of small coinage. The central government's silver and copper had effectively vanished from circulation by mid-1936, hoarded or melted, forcing hundreds of towns to print their own vales and cartones. This note is among the smallest format issues in the entire Spanish municipal emergency series.
The Garrió Montagut catalog reference places this within a documented but genuinely scarce local emission. Most Villafranca del Cid pieces saw hard use in a small agricultural community and few survived intact.