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1 Centavo Fundão
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal do Fundão |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 1 Centavo (0.01 PTE) |
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| Obverse lettering | Camara Municipal do Fundão UM CENTAVO Fundão, 1 d'Agosto de 1922 O Presidente da Com. Executiva SERIE D Nº (Translation: Fundão Municipal Council / One Centavo / Fundão, 1st August 1922 / The President of the Executive Committee / Series D / No.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red, the reverse centres on an oval vignette enclosed within elaborate acanthus-leaf scrollwork, containing a column monument identified by the inscription 'DEL OURINHO DO FUNDÃO' along the lower rim of the oval. A hatched rectangular border frames the entire design, and the denomination appears in a plain scroll banner at the bottom centre. In the upper left corner, the numeral '1' is set within a plain rectangular panel. |
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The Câmara Municipal do Fundão issued this cédula during the severe small-change shortage that afflicted Portugal in the early 1920s — a shortage so acute that hundreds of municipalities, private companies, and charitable institutions were authorized under emergency legislation to print their own low-denomination emergency paper. The Fundão issue is one of the more obscure entries from the interior of Beira Baixa, a district not known for producing collectors' favorites.
A.S. Cardoso, whose name appears in the engraver's credit, worked on several Portuguese municipal issues of this period. The Fundão 1 centavo is among the smallest denominations to survive in any quantity from this series.