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10 Centavos Arcos de Valdevez

Emittent Hospital de S. José, Arcos de Valdevez
Jahr 1917-1922
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Nennwert 10 Centavos (0.10 PTE)
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung Central vignette presents a detailed engraved view of the Hospital de S. José building in Arcos de Valdevez, rendered in blue on a cream ground, framed by a decorative border of rosette and geometric guilloche ornaments. A ribbon cartouche at the top carries the institution name, with the municipal coat of arms in a circular medallion at the upper right. The denomination value '10' appears in a wreath vignette at the lower left, with a manuscript signature of the Provedor below the central image.
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Rückseitenbeschreibung The central vignette occupies most of the face and portrays an allegorical scene of a seated woman in classical dress attended by two young children, one kneeling before her and one seated beside her on stone steps, all rendered in blue line engraving. A circular cartouche at the upper right bears the denomination '10 CENTAVOS'. The outer border repeats the rosette and geometric guilloche ornament of the obverse, and a faint underprint of the municipal stamp is visible through the design.
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Anmerkungen

Hospital de S. José in Arcos de Valdevez was among dozens of Portuguese institutions — municipal chambers, charities, commercial associations — that issued their own cédulas during the acute small change shortage that gripped Portugal from around 1917 onward. The crisis followed wartime metal demands, with bronze and cupro-nickel coins effectively disappearing from circulation. Local institutions stepped in by printing their own fractional paper, technically unauthorized but tacitly tolerated by Lisbon until the shortage eased.

A hospital issuing currency is the detail worth pausing on. These were not banking entities — the notes functioned as scrip redeemable locally, and their acceptance depended entirely on community trust in the institution behind them.

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