1 Centavo Misericordia De Vila Real

Emittente	Misericórdia de Vila Real (Santa Casa da Misericórdia)
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Tipo	Local banknote
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Descrizione del dritto	Printed in blue on plain paper, the obverse carries a decorative scroll banner at top with the issuer's title in two lines. At lower left, a circular vignette shows a robed figure tending to a supplicant, evoking the charitable mission of the Misericórdia. To the right of centre, an oval official stamp with a cross and skull-and-crossbones motif is applied, flanked by the manuscript signatures of the Provedor and Tesoureiro; the denomination '1 CENT.' is set in large letterpress type at the bottom centre, with 'SERIE A' to the left.
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Descrizione del rovescio	Printed in blue and pink, the reverse is framed by a geometric guilloche border with interlaced ornamental motifs and monogram cornerpieces. At centre, a photographic-style vignette reproduces a view of the Civil Hospital building set among trees. The title 'HOSPITAL CIVIL' appears in a decorative cartouche at the top of the frame.
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Commenti	The Misericórdias were medieval charitable brotherhoods operating hospitals, poorhouses, and burial services across Portugal and its empire. During the severe coin shortage of World War One, the national government authorised local entities — municipalities, commercial associations, and institutions like the Misericórdias — to issue their own small-denomination cédulas. These notes were legal only within strictly local circulation and were intended as a stopgap until metallic coinage could be restocked. The Imprensa Artística in Vila Real was a regional press with limited typographic resources, which is visible in the rudimentary production quality common to this series. MA#2462 is among the more obscure charitable-institution issues of the Portuguese cédula period.