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2 Centavos Matosinhos
| Issuer | Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red-orange on cream paper, the obverse carries a central oval vignette of the Matosinhos harbour and industrial waterfront, with factory chimneys and a pier rendered in fine line work. The denomination numeral '2' appears in large format at both upper corners, flanked by guilloche border ornaments running the full perimeter. Two manuscript signature lines with printed titles are placed in the lower left and right fields, with a typeset serial number at bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE MATOSINHOS 2 CENT. O CHEFE DA SECRETARIA O PRES.ª DA COMISSÃO EXECUTIVA (Translation: Matosinhos Municipal Council / 2 cents / The Head of the Secretariat / The President of the Executive Commission) |
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Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos issued small-denomination emergency paper during Portugal's acute coin shortage of 1917–1920, when the First World War disrupted metal supplies and centavo coins effectively vanished from everyday commerce. Hundreds of Portuguese municipalities, parishes, and commercial associations resorted to printing their own cédulas — local emergency scrip — to fill the gap left by Lisbon's inability to supply fractional coinage in sufficient quantity.
Matosinhos, a fishing port north of Porto, was among the smaller municipalities to issue. The 2 centavo value is the most modest denomination in the series, which tells you something about just how completely small change had dried up.