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1 Centavo Cezimbra
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Cezimbra |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Empreza Alentejana de Publicidade, Évora |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on cream paper, the reverse presents a central architectural vignette of the Asilo da Misericórdia building in Cezimbra, rendered in fine letterpress line work with hills visible in the background. To the left stands a figural group of a seated woman in robes with two children, evoking a charitable allegory consistent with the Misericórdia institution. The municipal coat of arms appears at lower right, and the printer's imprint is repeated along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | VALE 1 CENTAVOS CEZIMBRA - Asilo da Misericordia EMPREZA ALENTEJANA DE PUBLICIDADE - EVORA (Translation: Worth / 1 / Centavos / Cezimbra - Mercy Asylum / Alentejo Publicity Company - Évora) |
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Cezimbra — the fishing village on Portugal's Arrábida coast, more commonly spelled Sesimbra — issued this 1 Centavo note through its municipal chamber during the acute small-change shortage that plagued Portugal in the early 1920s. The escudo had replaced the real in 1911, and fractional coinage never kept pace with demand; hundreds of municipalities, misericórdias, and commercial houses filled the gap with locally printed cédulas. This is one of the more obscure examples, issued by a small coastal council with limited administrative infrastructure.
The printer, Empreza Alentejana de Publicidade, was an Évora-based commercial press better known for advertising work than fiduciary printing — which tells you something about how informal this emergency currency could get.