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1 Peseta Villanueva del Arzobispo
| Issuer | Villanueva del Arzobispo, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 88 × 69 mm |
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| Reverse description | An ornamental typographic border frames a central allegorical vignette of a seated female figure wearing a Phrygian cap and holding a torch, sword, and cornucopia, accompanied by a lion — a standard Spanish Republican allegorical composition. Surrounding the vignette, letterpress text in dark ink sets out the conditions of issue and the terms of redemption for the fractional tickets. The denomination figure "1 Pta." appears in the upper portion of the text block. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 Pta. La emisión de estos boletos se ha efectuado al exclusivo objeto de facilitar las operaciones comerciales de las Industrias de la localidad, J. Gallardo Gómez, Electra de la Fuensanta y San Miguel Arcángel, S. A. por tanto solo tienen valor dentro del Término Municipal de Villanueva del Arzobispo. Pueden ser canjeables por Billetes del Banco de España en cualquiera de las oficinas emisoras o bien en los Banco Español de Crédito o Central de la plaza en los cuales queda hecho el depósito del importe total de la emisión. (Translation: 1 Peseta The issuance of these tickets has been carried out for the exclusive purpose of facilitating the commercial operations of the local Industries, J. Gallardo Gómez, Electra de la Fuensanta and San Miguel Arcángel, S. A. therefore they only have value within the Municipal Term of Villanueva del Arzobispo. They can be exchanged for Banknotes of the Bank of Spain at any of the issuing offices or at the Banco Español de Crédito or Central Bank of the place in which the deposit of the total amount of the issue is made.) |
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Villanueva del Arzobispo is a small municipality in Jaén province, Andalusia, and this 1937 peseta belongs to the enormous category of Spanish Civil War local emergency currency — the so-called "billetes locales" or "moneda de guerra" — issued when the Republican government's authority over coin supply collapsed and towns were left to fend for themselves. Hundreds of municipalities did exactly this, producing notes of wildly varying quality and authorization.
The Gari Monastery reference system remains the primary catalogue for these issues, though coverage is uneven and some entries rely on single known specimens.