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10 Centavos Villa Do Conde
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Vila do Conde |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
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| Obverse lettering | CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE VILLA DO CONDE DELIBERAÇÃO TOMADA EM SESSÃO DE 20 DE JUNHO DE 1921 O Presidente 10 CENTAVOS VILLA DO CONDE (Translation: Villa do Conde Municipal Council / Deliberation taken in session of 20 June 1921 / The President / 10 Centavos / Villa do Conde) |
| Reverse description | A finely executed engraved vignette occupies the central field, presenting a panoramic view of the town of Vila do Conde as seen from the River Ave, with multi-storey buildings along the riverbank and a small rowing boat with figures in the foreground. The scene is enclosed within a ruled frame surrounded by an ornate scrollwork border in blue, with the place name in a panel at top center and the river name in a panel at bottom center. The entire composition is printed in blue on plain paper. |
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Vila do Conde's municipal chamber issued this cédula during Portugal's chronic small-change shortage of the early 1920s, when centavo coins had effectively disappeared from circulation through hoarding and melting. Hundreds of Portuguese câmaras municipais, misericórdias, and commercial houses flooded the market with emergency paper between 1917 and 1924 — the result was a fragmented, poorly regulated ecosystem of local scrip that the Banco de Portugal repeatedly tried and failed to suppress.
Litografia Nacional in Porto was among the more prolific printers of these municipal issues, producing notes for numerous concelhos across the north. Quality and security features varied considerably by client and print run.