Fraga is a small town in Huesca province, Aragon, and like dozens of other Republican-held municipalities during the Civil War, its local antifascist committee took over economic administration in 1936 when the banking system effectively collapsed behind the front lines. These committee-issued notes — known collectively as "billetes de necesidad" or emergency money — were produced by whichever printing resources were locally available, which accounts for the heavy card stock. The CNT-dominated collectives in Aragon were particularly prolific issuers.
The Gari Monetary catalogue documents hundreds of such local emissions, and the Fraga series is among the less commonly encountered Aragonese examples.
Fraga is a small town in Huesca province, Aragon, and like dozens of other Republican-held municipalities during the Civil War, its local antifascist committee took over economic administration in 1936 when the banking system effectively collapsed behind the front lines. These committee-issued notes — known collectively as "billetes de necesidad" or emergency money — were produced by whichever printing resources were locally available, which accounts for the heavy card stock. The CNT-dominated collectives in Aragon were particularly prolific issuers.
The Gari Monetary catalogue documents hundreds of such local emissions, and the Fraga series is among the less commonly encountered Aragonese examples.