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1 Peseta Zarza-Capilla
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Zarza-Capilla |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note printed entirely in black on plain white paper, with the issuer name EL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE ZARZA-CAPILLA (Badajoz) set in bold block capitals across two lines at the head, separated from the body by a horizontal rule. The promise-to-pay legend is rendered in a lighter serif typeface, with the denomination 1 PESETA in bold capitals above a stamped serial number. The date Julio, 1937 and series designation SERIE A appear at the lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted plain paper, consistent with the austere wartime production standards of Spanish Civil War municipal emergency vouchers, bearing no design, text, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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Zarza-Capilla is a small municipality in Badajoz province, Extremadura — deep in territory that saw intense Republican-Nationalist contest during the opening phase of the Civil War. Like hundreds of Spanish towns in 1937, the local council issued its own emergency fractional currency after the national coinage supply collapsed. These municipally-issued notes, known collectively as billetes locales or papel moneda local, were produced under wildly varying conditions, often on whatever stock was available, with authorization from the Republican government's decree permitting local emergency emissions.
Survival rates for Zarza-Capilla issues are low. The town's population was small, production runs were limited, and post-war suppression of Republican-associated material destroyed much of what circulated.