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20 Centavos Arcos de Valdevez
| Uitgever | Hospital de S. José, Arcos de Valdevez |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1917-1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | VALE 20 CENTAVOS SE ÉS AMIGO DO BEM INUTILISA ESTA CÉDULA (Translation: Worth 20 Cents If you are a friend of good, make this note useless.) |
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| Beveiligingstype | Watermark |
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Hospital de S. José in Arcos de Valdevez was among the many Portuguese charitable institutions authorized to issue small-denomination cédulas during the severe coin shortage that gripped Portugal in the late 1910s. The shortage was a direct consequence of wartime hoarding and the disappearance of bronze and copper from circulation — metals diverted to the war effort after Portugal entered the First World War in 1916. Hospitals, municipal councils, and even private firms filled the vacuum with emergency paper.
The watermarked paper distinguishes this cédula from cruder local emissions of the same period, suggesting procurement from a commercial stationer rather than purely improvised production. Many of these institutional notes were never formally redeemed once the coin supply normalized.