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1 Peseta Begíjar
| Issuer | Municipal Council of Begíjar |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper ground with red letterpress text arranged in a central block. Horizontal ruled lines border the upper and lower edges of the note. A small decorative vignette or symbol appears at the left margin alongside the main inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse of plain paper stock, showing no design elements, text, or security features; the aged surface reveals the natural texture and patina of the paper. |
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Begíjar is a small municipality in Jaén province, Andalusia, and like hundreds of other Spanish towns it issued its own emergency paper money during the Civil War years of 1936–1939. The central Republican government authorized local bodies to produce fractional currency when coin circulation collapsed entirely — hoarding, melting, and general disruption had stripped small denominations out of everyday commerce within months of the July 1936 uprising.
Municipal issues from villages this size were produced in tiny quantities, often on whatever paper and printing equipment was locally available. Survival rates are low simply because nobody thought to preserve them.