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10 centavos Estremoz
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Estremoz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 85 × 52 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Camara Municipal de Estremoz Presidente Thesoureiro Dez Centavos 1921 (Translation: Estremoz Municipal Council / President / Treasurer / Ten Centavos / 1921) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 Cent |
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Portuguese municipal notes of this type emerged from a severe small-change shortage that gripped the country after World War One. The national mint could not keep pace with demand for low-denomination coins, and hundreds of câmaras municipais stepped in under emergency authorization to issue their own cédulas — locally valid paper substitutes for bronze and cupro-nickel. Estremoz, a marble-quarrying town in the Alentejo, was among the smaller issuers, which directly affects survival rates today.
The 1921 dating places this note toward the tail end of the cédula period; many municipalities had already withdrawn their issues by then.