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1 Escudo
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Escudo (1 PTE) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETO 17.154 PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE UM ESCUDO PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE LISBOA, I de Janeiro de 1921. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ld. GRAVADORES, LONDRES (Translation: National Overseas Bank Decree 17,154 Province of Cape Verde One Escudo Payable at the branches of the Province of Cape Verde Lisbon, 1st January 1921. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
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| Reverse lettering | PAGÁVEL NAS DEPENDÊNCIAS DA PROVÍNCIA DE CABO VERDE BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 1 Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Gravadores, Londres (Translation: Payable at the branches of the Province of Cape Verde National Overseas Bank 1 Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino occupied a peculiar institutional position — a Lisbon-based private bank granted colonial issuing rights across Portuguese overseas territories, meaning this note's authority derived not from any metropolitan central bank but from a commercial charter repeatedly renewed under political pressure. The 1921 escudo issues for the various BNU territories were printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson as a batch series, with territorial overprints or specific plate variants distinguishing one colony's circulation from another's.
Without confirmed territorial attribution in the reference data, the precise destination — Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, or elsewhere — cannot be responsibly stated here.