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1 Peseta San Clemente
| Issuer | Ayuntamiento de San Clemente (Municipality of San Clemente) |
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| Reference(s) | Gari Mon#1302-C |
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| Reverse description | Plain greenish-blue card stock with no printed design elements. A partial circular official stamp in violet ink, bearing the legend REPUBLICA ESPAÑOLA and AYUNTAMIENTO, is visible near the lower centre, applied as an authenticating seal. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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San Clemente is a small town in Cuenca province, Castile–La Mancha, and this note is a product of the fractional currency crisis that gripped Republican Spain during the Civil War. From 1936 onward, coin hoarding became so severe that municipalities, shops, and even factories began issuing their own small-denomination paper to keep local commerce moving. The Ayuntamiento de San Clemente was one of hundreds of local authorities that filled the void the central government could not.
The official stamp is the only security element — a thin guarantee in a system built almost entirely on local trust and geographic captivity. These notes were worthless the moment you left town.