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2 Pesetas Quero
| Issuer | Consejo de Administración de Quero |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Value | 2 Pesetas (2 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 CONSEJO DE ADMINISTRACION DE QUERO CERTIFICADO DE PLATA DOS PESETAS de curso legal en la localidad El Presidente, El Consejero de Hacienda, (Translation: Board of Administration of Quero / Silver Certificate / Two Pesetas / legal tender in the locality / The President, / The Councillor of Finance) |
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| Reverse lettering | AYUNTAMIENTO DE QUERO |
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Quero is a small municipality in the province of Toledo, and like hundreds of Spanish towns during the Civil War, it issued its own emergency fractional currency in 1936 when coins disappeared from circulation almost overnight — hoarded, melted, or simply lost in the chaos of mobilization. These local council notes, known as "moneda local de necesidad," were produced under whatever printing means were available, which in Quero's case meant extremely rudimentary local production.
The official stamp was the primary — sometimes the only — anti-counterfeiting measure these councils could manage. In towns this size, that was probably sufficient.