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10 000 Reis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Currency | Real (1750-1910) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Vasco da Gama at left, with the issuing bank's arms above and the branch seal inscribed 'Filial em Lourenço Marques' at lower centre. A sailing ship vignette occupies the right portion of the note. The face bears intaglio-printed text stating the promise to pay ten thousand réis in current coin to the bearer. |
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| Reverse lettering | PAGAVEL NA FILIALA EM LOURENÇO MARQUES BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino was chartered in Lisbon in 1864 specifically to serve Portugal's overseas territories, and by 1909 it held note-issuing authority across a sprawling collection of colonies from Angola to Macau. This particular denomination — 10,000 Reis — was among the higher values in circulation just two years before the Portuguese monarchy collapsed and the entire Reis system was swept away by the Republican escudo reform of 1911.
Bradbury Wilkinson's work for colonial issuers of this period is generally consistent in quality, with intaglio printing and fine-line security work that held up well against tropical humidity — a genuine practical concern for notes destined for equatorial African postings.
The note predates the Republic by roughly twenty months.