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10 Avos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Size | 105 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on a fine guilloche underprint. At left, an oval vignette encircled by the legend BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO and COLONIAS COMMERCIO AGRICULTURA shows a steam vessel underway at sea. To the right, the denomination DEZ AVOS appears in a rectangular panel above the large territorial inscription TIMOR, with the date TIMOR, 19 DE JULHO DE 1940 below. Two manuscript signatures appear at bottom centre beneath the role titles O ADMINISTRADOR and O PRESIDENTE DO CONSELHO ADMINISTRATIVO, with the serial number repeated at upper right and lower left. The printer's imprint BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO LD GRAVADORES LONDRES appears at the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on plain paper, the reverse is composed entirely of typographic and lathe-work elements without a pictorial vignette. The issuer's name BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO appears in a ruled panel at the top, while the denomination numerals 10 AVOS are set within elaborate engine-turned rosette cartouches at the left and right. The central field carries the split denomination inscription DEZ AVOS over an intricate guilloche background, with TIMOR in a boxed panel at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 10 AVOS DEZ AVOS TIMOR (Translation: National Overseas Bank / 10 Avos / Ten Avos / Timor) |
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