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10 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PROVINCIA DE GUINÉ DEZ ESCUDOS PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE GUINÉ LISBOA, 1 de Janeiro de 1921. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ld. GRAVADORES, LONDRES (Translation: National Overseas Bank Province of Guinea Ten Escudos Payable at the branches of the Province of Guinea Lisbon, 1st January 1921. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
| Reverse description | Brown-toned reverse centred on an allegorical vignette of a seated female figure with sailing ships in the background, rendered in intaglio. A red overprinted GUINÉ inscription appears on the face. Fine guilloche patterns frame the central composition consistent with Bradbury Wilkinson craftsmanship. |
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Bradbury, Wilkinson printed this note for the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, the Portuguese colonial bank that held note-issuing authority across multiple overseas territories simultaneously — Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Portuguese India, and others — often using near-identical plate designs distinguished only by overprint or small typographic changes. Establishing with certainty which territory this specific P#15 was intended for requires checking the payable text carefully, as catalog cross-referencing across BNU issues of this period is notoriously inconsistent.
1921 was a turbulent year for Portuguese colonial finance, with postwar inflation and currency instability in the metropole putting real pressure on peripheral issuers.