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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Reference(s) | P#53 |
| Obverse description | The face is printed in purple and green tones, with the denomination numeral '10' within a circular guilloche vignette at left and the Portuguese arms seal at right. The Lisboa branch seal, rendered in green, appears at bottom centre, flanked by the serial number and manuscript signatures of the Vice-Governor and Governor; the issue date '5 de Novembro de 1914' is printed at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO EM LOURENÇO MARQUES DEZ CENTAVOS MOEDA CORRENTE LISBOA O VICE-GOVERNADOR O GOVERNADOR |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino occupied an unusual position among colonial banks — chartered in Lisbon but operating as the note-issuing authority across Portuguese overseas territories simultaneously, meaning the same parent institution backstopped currency from Mozambique to Timor. This particular issue was almost certainly destined for one of those territories rather than metropolitan Portugal, where centavo-denominated BNU paper rarely circulated.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement was standard for colonial small-denomination work in this period. Their contracts with Portuguese colonial banking continued well past World War One.