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2 centavos Estremoz
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Estremoz |
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| Currency | Escudo (1911-2001) |
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| Obverse lettering | CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE ESTREMOZ 2 CENT. (Translation: Estremoz Municipal Council / 2 Centavos) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting plain buff-toned paper with no design, text, or ornamentation. |
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Portuguese municipal notes like this one emerged from the severe coin shortage that plagued the country during and after the First World War. With small-denomination metal currency hoarded or simply unavailable, hundreds of câmaras municipais and private businesses printed their own cédulas — emergency fractional notes — to keep local commerce functioning. Estremoz, a marble-quarrying town in the Alto Alentejo, was among them.
The series was never redeemable beyond the issuing municipality, and redemption enforcement was inconsistent at best. Many cédulas quietly became worthless when issuing bodies dissolved or simply stopped honoring them.