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2 Pesetas Fayón
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Fayón |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted paper serves as the background, with the full text of the authorising declaration set in italic letterpress type across the upper three-quarters of the note. A rectangular boxed cartouche in the upper right corner carries the face value '2'00 Ptas.' in bold upright type. Three handwritten manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion, each preceded by a printed designation line identifying the respective signatory's official capacity. |
| Reverse lettering | El Consejo Municipal de Fayón ha creado este Papel Moneda con el solo objeto de facilitar las transacciones dentro del Pueblo. Fayón a 15 de Julio de 1937. Valor 2'00 Ptas. El Presidente, El Consejero de Abastos, El Depositario, (Translation: The Municipal Council of Fayón has created this Paper Money with the sole purpose of facilitating transactions within the Town. Fayón, 15 July 1937. Value 2.00 Pesetas. The President, The Supply Councillor, The Depositary.) |
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Fayón is a small Ebro valley municipality in Aragon, and like dozens of similarly sized towns, its local council issued emergency fractional currency during 1937 when the Republican zone faced a catastrophic shortage of small-denomination coinage. These municipal emissions — autorizado by the regional government — were produced locally with whatever printing resources were at hand, which is precisely why paper quality and impression consistency vary so dramatically between surviving examples.
The Gari Montllor catalogue remains the definitive reference for Aragonese municipal issues, and the D suffix on #636 indicates a specific paper or print variant within the Fayón 2 Pesetas group. Given the town's proximity to the Ebro front, notes that survived the 1938 Nationalist advance did so largely by accident.