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30 Centavos Arcos de Valdevez
| Issuer | Hospital de S. José, Arcos de Valdevez |
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| Year | 1917-1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Hospital de S. José building at Arcos de Valdevez, enclosed within a ruled frame. The denomination and issuer inscriptions are arranged around the vignette, with the provedor's signature line below. A simple typographic border surrounds the composition. |
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| Reverse description | Central allegorical vignette of a seated woman in classical robes tending to two young children, rendered in fine line engraving against a foliated background, initialled 'J.P.O.' at lower right. A circular denomination cartouche reading 'VALE 30 CENTAVOS' is positioned at upper right. The entire composition is enclosed within a decorative border of repeating rosette-and-circle ornaments. |
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Hospital de S. José issued these small-denomination cédulas during the severe coin shortage that gripped Portugal after the First World War. With the escudo replacing the réis and metallic coinage effectively vanishing from everyday commerce, hospitals, municipalities, and private firms across the country issued their own emergency paper to fill the gap — a sanctioned chaos that the Banco de Portugal tolerated out of necessity.
Arcos de Valdevez is a small municipality in the Minho, far from the major monetary centers, which makes local survival rates for these cédulas poor. Institutional issuers like hospitals often printed in small runs and rarely kept archives.