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1 Centavo Borba
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Borba |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on cream paper, the obverse is framed by an architectural vignette of two classical columns supporting a decorated arch, with the municipal coat of arms of Borba at centre. A bold letterpress banner across the top carries the issuing authority title, with the curved legend 'CINTRA DO ALEMTEJO' spanning the arch, and the denomination 'VALE 1 Cent.vos' set within a decorative cartouche at the base. Signature lines for the Treasurer and the President of the Chamber appear below the coat of arms, with the serial prefix 'MU' to the right and the printer's imprint 'H. GRIS & Cª LISBOA' at the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | DELIBERAÇÃO DO SENADO MUNICIPAL DE 20 DE MAIO DE 1921 CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE BORBA VALE 1 Cent.vos (Translation: Deliberation of the Municipal Senate of 20 May 1921 / Borba Municipal Council / Worth 1 Centavo) |
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Borba is an Alentejo town best known for its marble quarries and table wine, not its monetary policy. This 1 centavo note is a cédula — one of hundreds of small-denomination emergency issues produced by Portuguese municipal chambers and private entities between roughly 1917 and 1922, when wartime metal shortages stripped low-value coinage from everyday commerce almost entirely. The Câmara Municipal had no banking authority; necessity gave them one.
H. Gris & Cª was a Lisbon commercial printer, not a security press — these cédulas were produced to meet urgent local demand, not to high banknote specification. The designer credit "Rlonso" is almost certainly a stylized abbreviation, possibly an Alonso, but the name does not appear in the established record of Portuguese note designers.