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Collection - Coins and Notes - Diário de Notícias #19 10 Centavos
| Issuer | Casa da Moeda |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-toned note with an ornate architectural arch vignette at centre, surmounted by the Portuguese royal arms flanked by laurel branches. The denomination DEZ CENTAVOS is printed in large letterpress text within the arch, with guilloche panels and column motifs at left and right. Decree date and series letters appear below the central inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | CASA DA MOEDA DEZ CENTAVOS DECRETO DE 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1917 BRONZE BJ |
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The 10 Centavos cédulas issued by Casa da Moeda in 1917 were emergency small-change notes, produced because the wartime metal shortage had stripped Portugal's everyday coinage from circulation almost entirely. Bronze and copper were militarily strategic materials, and the coins that had previously handled low-denomination transactions simply vanished. These cédulas filled that gap — printed by the same institution that normally struck the coins they were replacing.
This particular example is from the Diário de Notícias promotional collection, a later philatelic repackaging rather than a circulated find. The underlying note, however, is genuine issue material from a genuinely chaotic monetary moment.