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2 Pesetas Valle de la Serena
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Valle de la Serena |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#1525-B |
| Obverse description | Entirely typeset in black letterpress on plain cream paper stock, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border. The issuing authority "CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE VALLE DE LA SERENA" is printed in bold capital letters at centre, flanked above by the numeral denomination "Vale 2 ptas." in the upper-left corner with horizontal rule separators, and below by the written denomination "Vale DOS ptas." in a larger italic typeface. The composition is purely textual with no vignette or ornamental underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | Vale 2 ptas. CONSEJO MUNICIPAL DE VALLE DE LA SERENA Vale DOS ptas. (Translation: It's worth 2 Pesetas Municipal Council of Valle de la Serena It's worth Two Pesetas) |
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Valle de la Serena is a small municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura — deep in Republican-held territory during the opening phase of the Spanish Civil War. Like hundreds of Spanish towns cut off from normal banking channels after the July 1936 nationalist rising, the local council issued its own emergency paper scrip to keep small transactions functioning. These municipal emissions were never coordinated nationally; each town acted on its own authority, which is why denominations, designs, and paper quality vary so wildly across the series.
Survival rates for these tiny local issues are unpredictable. Some towns printed very small quantities; others printed more than they needed and simply burned the surplus when central Republican currency was restored.