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1 Peseta Pedralva
| Issuer | Pedralva, Municipality of |
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| Currency | Peseta (1936-1939) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream stock printed entirely in black by letterpress, with the issuing authority legend "Comunidad Libre" at the top, set off from the central field by a bold double horizontal rule. A large numeral "1" occupies the center-left, with the denomination word "peseta" to its right. The locality name "Pedralva" appears in bold lettering across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely unprinted reverse, consisting solely of plain cream-toned paper stock with no text, vignette, or decorative elements. |
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Pedralva is a small municipality in the Valencia region, and like hundreds of Spanish towns, it issued its own emergency paper money during the Civil War after the Republican government authorized local authorities to print fractional currency to address a catastrophic coin shortage. These municipal notes — collectively called "billetes de necesidad" — were produced under chaotic conditions, often by local print shops with no security printing experience whatsoever.
The Turró and Gari-Monerris catalogs between them document well over a thousand distinct Valencia-region issues, and Pedralva's entry is among the more obscure. Survival rates for these ultra-small-format local pieces are poor; the paper quality was low from the start.