Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Peseta Yeste
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Yeste |
|---|---|
| Year | |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue on cream paper, the reverse presents the denomination and issuer name in large bold letterpress type within a uniform geometric border composed of dotted and ruled lines with decorative scroll corner ornaments. A red rectangular validation stamp reading YESTE (Albacete) / CONSEJO MUNICIPAL is applied diagonally across the centre of the note. The printer's imprint IMP. Y LIT. COLLADO-ALBACETE appears in small type along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Red rectangular municipal validation stamp applied diagonally, reading YESTE (Albacete) / CONSEJO MUNICIPAL |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Yeste is a small inland municipality in the province of Albacete, and this note is a product of the Spanish Civil War's chaotic monetary fragmentation. When the Republic's central supply of small change collapsed after 1936, hundreds of local authorities — town councils, trade unions, cooperatives — began issuing their own emergency fractional currency. The Consejo Municipal de Yeste was one of them, turning to the nearest available commercial printer, Collado in Albacete, rather than any official institution.
The validation stamp is what legally activated these notes at the point of issue; without it, the printed sheet had no authority.