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1 kilogram of chickpeas Rubí, Spain
| Issuer | Falange Española, Rubí (Barcelona) |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Size | 97 x 57 mm |
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| Obverse description | Hand-lettered ration coupon with black text on a plain ground, framed by a pink and yellow geometric border with diagonal corner triangles. A banner cartouche reading VALE POR appears centrally above the large denomination text UN KILO DE GARBANZOS. At the foot, a small vignette bears the Falange Española emblem with the motto ARRIBA ESPAÑA. |
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| Reverse description | Black line drawing of an ornamental architectural entrance with flanking columns and a classical pediment, enclosed within a blue perimeter border. |
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Falange Española issued a range of local food-ration vouchers in the immediate postwar years as the Francoist state struggled to administer rationing through its party apparatus rather than conventional municipal channels. This example from Rubí — a small industrial town in the Vallès Occidental — is denominated in kind rather than currency: one kilogram of chickpeas, a staple that became politically charged during the autarky years when legume rations were among the few reliable caloric supplements available to the working poor.
Paper food tokens of this type were produced locally and are poorly documented. Most were discarded once redeemed.