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3 Pesetas Urrea de Gaén
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Urrea de Gaén |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Consejo Municipal de Urrea de Gaen (Teruel) Certificado de 3 Pesetas de curso legal en esta localidad, para facilitar el cambio, según acuerdo de este Consejo. Su validez la acredita el sello de este Consejo, estampado al dorso. Emisión 1937 (Translation: Municipal Council of Urrea de Gaén (Teruel) 3 Pesetas certificate legal tender in this locality, to facilitate the change, according to the agreement of this Council. Its validity is confirmed by the seal of this Council, stamped on the back. Issue 1937) |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Urrea de Gaén is a small municipality in the Teruel province of Aragon — an area that saw intense front-line activity during the Civil War and whose local economy was effectively severed from Republican banking infrastructure for extended periods. Municipal councils throughout the region issued their own fractional notes from 1936 onward precisely because small-denomination coinage had vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted almost immediately after the coup.
The sole security feature — an official stamp — was the norm for emergency municipal issues of this kind, where printing resources were minimal and legitimacy rested on local administrative authority rather than technical deterrence. The Gari catalogue entry for this piece remains unnumbered, suggesting documentation is incomplete.