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2 Pesetas Génave
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Génave |
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| Value | 2 Pesetas (2 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream stock printed entirely in red by letterpress. Two horizontal ornamental borders of repeating floral and scroll motifs frame the text field at top and bottom. The issuing authority and locality appear in the upper register, with the denomination stated in large bold type across the lower register. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted cream stock bearing a handwritten authorisation signature in blue-grey ink, accompanied by a partially legible violet oval official stamp of the Consejo Municipal de Génave superimposed over the signature. |
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Génave is a small municipality in the Sierra de Segura, Jaén province. Like hundreds of similarly sized Spanish towns, its ayuntamiento or local council issued emergency paper money during the Civil War years of 1936–1939 when coin effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply not reaching rural areas. These municipal emissions were never formally authorized by the Republican government's central banking structure; they were improvised necessities, often printed or rubber-stamped locally in tiny quantities.
The Gari catalogue reference being incomplete signals that documentation on this specific emission remains thin. Survival is typically low for these minor Andalusian issues.