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100 Pesetas Banco de España - Gijón
| Issuer | Banco de España, Gijón |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Size | 145 × 83 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA / GIJÓN PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CIEN PESETAS TIENE FONDOS / BANCO DE ESPAÑA EMISIÓN SEPTIEMBRE 1937 (Translation: The Bank of Spain - Gijón Will pay the bearer One Hundred Pesetas Have funds / Bank of Spain Issue September 1937) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse carries an ornamental perimeter frame matching the obverse in style. A central vignette depicts a rural agricultural scene with farmers engaged in manual plowing alongside a team of two oxen. The denomination and patriotic motto are inscribed within the composition. |
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Gijón was one of the last Republican holdouts in northern Spain — the city fell to Nationalist forces in October 1937, and the entire Asturian front collapsed with it. This note was issued during that final, isolated phase, when the northern Republican zone had been severed from the rest of the Republic since the summer and was operating under acute economic and military pressure. The Banco de España branch there issued currency largely on its own initiative, with Madrid unable to coordinate centrally.
Pick S580 belongs to the broader category of Republican regional emergency issues of 1937, several of which were printed under improvised conditions with limited security features. Surviving examples often show heavy circulation wear consistent with a population that had few alternatives.