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2 Pesetas Villahermosa
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Villahermosa |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper voucher printed in black letterpress on cream stock, with the issuer name CONSEJO MUNICIPAL set in bold display type at the top, separated from VILLAHERMOSA by a double rule, with small decorative floral ornaments flanking the locality name. The denomination Vale por 2 Pesetas is set in the centre, with the date Septiembre 1937 at lower left and the cashier designation El Cajero at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL VILLAHERMOSA Vale por 2 Pesetas. Septiembre 1937. El Cajero, (Translation: Municipal Council Villahermosa Voucher for 2 Pesetas. September 1937. The Cashier,) |
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Villahermosa is a small municipality in Ciudad Real province, Castile–La Mancha. During the Spanish Civil War, the Republican zone suffered acute small-change shortages as silver and copper coinage was hoarded or melted, forcing hundreds of local councils — ayuntamientos and consejos municipales alike — to print their own emergency fractional and low-denomination notes. The Consejo Municipal de Villahermosa's 2 Pesetas issue is catalogued under Gari Montenegro, the principal reference for Spanish Civil War local paper money, which lists thousands of such emissions from across Republican-held territory between 1936 and 1939.
Production quality among these municipal issues varied enormously. Many were typeset or rubber-stamped on whatever paper was available locally.