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5 Pesetas Peñalba
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Peñalba |
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| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL PEÑALBA (Huesca) 5 PESETAS Su validez la acredita el sello al dorso. Canjeable en Tesorería (Translation: Municipal Council Peñalba (Huesca) 5 Pesetas Its validity is confirmed by the seal on the back. Redeemable in Treasury) |
| Reverse description | Otherwise plain reverse bearing a hand-applied circular violet ink stamp reading "CONSEJO MUNICIPAL" around the outer ring with "PEÑALBA / HUESCA" within, validating the note as required by the obverse text. A manuscript signature in black ink appears to the left of the stamp, serving as an additional authentication mark. |
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Peñalba is a small municipality in the province of Huesca, Aragon. This note was issued by its municipal council during the Spanish Civil War, when the collapse of small-denomination coinage across Republican-held territory forced thousands of local governments — villages included — to print their own emergency currency. The Consejo Municipal had no access to professional printers; most of these issues were produced on whatever stock was at hand, which accounts for the heavier paper or card stock common to provincial Aragonese issues of this type.
The official stamp was the primary — sometimes only — authentication mechanism available. Without it, the note had no standing whatsoever.