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2 Pesetas Cieza
| Issuer | Cieza, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#538-I |
| Obverse description | Printed in reddish brown and dark blue, the obverse is framed by a geometric border with decorative corner elements. The central field carries the municipal authority text and denomination in bold letterpress script. The inscription declares the Ayuntamiento de Cieza's obligation to pay the bearer, with the emission year 1937 stated below the face value. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in reddish brown and dark blue, centres the numeral face value within a crowned coat of arms flanked by the Pillars of Hercules, a heraldic device drawn from the Spanish national arms. The composition is framed in a manner consistent with the obverse geometric border treatment. |
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Cieza is a market town in Murcia, and like hundreds of Spanish municipalities during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency fractional currency in 1937 when Republican-zone coinage effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply absent. These local issues, collectively known as "papel moneda municipal," were authorized under the economic chaos of the period but were never legal tender beyond the issuing locality.
The Gari Monerris catalogue remains the essential reference for Murcia provincial issues, and the 538-I designation places this within a recognized but modestly documented local series. Surviving examples frequently show heavy handling — these notes circulated hard in small-town commerce before the Nationalist takeover of Murcia in 1939 ended their practical use entirely.