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...surcharged the Republican currency. In April these bills were withdrawn from circulation, however, and new bills bearing the imprimatur of BANCA ESPANA rolled from the presses at Burgos and have been kept at a fictitious value of about 10? a peseta inside Spain.* This was the job of Salvador Amado, Delegate of State for the Treasury, who has imposed a strict embargo on exporting the money across the border. The $700,000,000 Spanish gold reserve fell into the hands of Valencia, so Senor Amado has had to hump himself to keep the Rightist treasury in funds. This...