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1 Rupia
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central circular vignette bearing the seal of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Lisboa, with a sailing ship motif. The denomination UMA RUPIA and MOEDA CORRENTE are inscribed in a central panel, with the place of issue NOVA GOA overprinted above. Multilingual denomination inscriptions appear in Arabic, Devanagari, Kannada, and other local scripts flanking the central device, with elaborate guilloche borders and numeral 1 corner pieces. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO NOVA GOA UMA RUPIA MOEDA CORRENTE LISBOA 1 de Outubro de 1917 O VICE-GOVERNADOR O GOVERNADOR |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino's wartime rupias for Portuguese India were issued as an emergency measure after the disruptions of World War One severed normal currency supply lines to Goa. Bradbury Wilkinson had printed for BNU before, and the London connection was entirely practical — Portuguese India's monetary system was denominated in rupias and tangas, not escudos, reflecting the territory's deep commercial integration with the broader Indian subcontinent rather than with Lisbon.
The 1917 series is notably scarce in any grade. Goa's humid climate was brutal on paper currency, and low-denomination notes like this one circulated hard before wearing out entirely.