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1 Angolar
| Issuer | Provincia de Angola - Junta da Moeda |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Value | 1 Angolar |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette portrays Diogo Cão (c. 1452–c. 1486), the Portuguese explorer renowned for his voyages along the west coast of Africa during the Age of Discovery, including the exploration of the Congo River and the coasts of present-day Angola and Namibia. The portrait is set within an intaglio-engraved surround typical of De La Rue production, with guilloche underprint patterns and denomination inscriptions flanking the central image. Issuing authority and territorial designations appear in letterpress along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA PORTUGUÊSA PROVINCIA DE ANGOLA JUNTA DA MOEDA UM ANGOLAR (Translation: Portuguese Republic, Province of Angola Currency Board, One Angolar) |
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The Junta da Moeda issues of 1926 represent Angola's first domestically-branded paper currency under the Angolar system, which replaced the Rei-based notes following Portugal's post-WWI monetary reorganization across its colonies. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for much of the Portuguese colonial currency output during this period — a relationship that gave these provincial issues their characteristic engraved quality despite the modest denominations involved.
The Angolar itself was pegged at 1:1 with the Portuguese Escudo but administered separately, a colonial accounting distinction that lasted until the 1950s.