Catalog
1 Centavo Alcobaça
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Alcobaça |
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| Value | 1 Centavo (0.01 PTE) |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress print on beige paper. A central vignette occupies the full width of the note and shows an overflowing basket of mixed fruits and foliage set against a radiating sunburst background. The CMA interlaced monogram is printed on the body of the basket. Circular denomination panels at left and right each read '1 VO', framed within square cartouches with decorative corners. A hatched geometric border runs along the top edge. |
| Reverse lettering | CMA 1 VO (Translation: Câmara Municipal de Alcobaça — 1 Centavo) |
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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.