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1 Centavo Alcobaça
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Alcobaça |
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| Size | 100 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress print on beige paper. A central oval vignette contains a detailed view of the Monastery of Alcobaça, flanked on the left by the large numeral '1' above the word 'CENTAVO' within an ornate frame, and on the right by a blank panel with decorative scroll border. The lower margin carries a serial number at left and the facsimile signature of the President of the Câmara at right, with a scalloped border strip running along the bottom edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE ALCOBAÇA 1 CENTAVO Nº [serial number] O PRESIDENTE DA CAMARA (Translation: City Council of Alcobaça 1 Centavo / The President of the Council) |
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Portuguese municipal emergency notes — cédulas — proliferated after 1917 when the central government failed to supply sufficient small-denomination coinage. Alcobaça was one of dozens of municipalities forced to print their own fractional currency to keep local commerce functional. The 1 centavo denomination sits at the lowest practical end of the cédula range; at that value, even in the late 1910s inflationary economy, a single note would have changed hands constantly before wearing out.
The Câmara Municipal series from Alcobaça is sparsely documented, and MA#97 attribution reflects the Marques da Costa cédula catalog, the standard reference for Portuguese municipal issues.