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Colecção - Moedas e Notas - Diário de Notícias #17 - 10 Centavos
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda (Portugal) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Blue-toned note with two allegorical figures flanking a central banner scroll bearing the issuer name and denomination. The Portuguese coat of arms appears at the top centre above the vignette. Denomination numeral 10 appears in guilloché cartouches at lower left and upper left corners. Decree date and serial number with single-letter prefix appear below the central text panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | CASA DA MOEDA BRONZE DEZ CENTAVOS BRONZE DECRETO 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1917 O PTE. CONS. ADM. Z 146051 |
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Portugal's 1917 emergency cédulas were a direct consequence of wartime metal shortages — bronze and copper were diverted to the war effort, leaving virtually no coinage in circulation for small transactions. The Casa da Moeda stepped in with these low-denomination paper fractionals, an arrangement the public found awkward and widely distrusted. Hoarding was immediate and persistent.
Because these notes passed through dozens of hands daily as change substitutes, heavily worn survivors are the norm. The Diário de Notícias collection numbering reflects a modern editorial series, not original issue sequencing.