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1 Peseta Benimodo
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Benimodo |
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| Value | 1 Peseta (1 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note on buff paper with a dotted rectangular border running the full perimeter. The issuer name CONSEJO MUNICIPAL BENIMODO appears in bold uppercase at the top, separated from the denomination area by a double horizontal rule. The large numeral 1 is set to the left with the word peseta to its right, above a boxed serial number panel; the printer's imprint NAVARRO, CARLET (VCIA.) appears in small type at the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSEJO MUNICIPAL BENIMODO |
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Benimodo is a small municipality in the comarca of La Ribera Alta, Valencia, and like dozens of Valencian towns it issued its own emergency fractional currency during the Spanish Civil War after the Republic's small-change shortage became acute in 1936–37. These locally printed vales were technically illegal under Republican monetary regulations but were quietly tolerated because without them local commerce ground to a halt.
Navarro of nearby Carlet printed for several surrounding municipalities, which means similar typography and layout appear across multiple issues in the Ribera Alta region. The official stamp is the only security measure — entirely forgeable, but fraud wasn't really the concern at this scale.