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100 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Reverse description | Violet and green. The central vignette, enclosed within a circular guilloche band bearing the bank name "BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO", presents an allegorical seated female figure in classical dress with sailing ships and a steamship in the background. Elaborate symmetric guilloche lacework in violet and green fills both lateral panels, with the denomination numeral "100" printed at left and right. A framed inscription panel at upper centre reads the payability clause. |
| Reverse lettering | PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE S. TOME E PRINCIPE BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Gravadores, Londres (Translation: Payable at the premises of the Province of St. Thomas and Prince National Bank Overseas Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino occupied a peculiar position among colonial issuing authorities — chartered in Lisbon but functioning as the note-issuing bank across Portugal's overseas territories, meaning a single institution produced currency for colonies spanning Africa, Asia, and the Pacific simultaneously. This particular issue was printed in London during wartime, which was not without logistical risk; Bradbury Wilkinson continued production for various colonial clients throughout the Second World War despite the obvious complications of operating a high-security printing facility in a city under periodic aerial bombardment.
The question of which territory this note was intended for is the key detail — BNU issued parallel 100 Escudo notes for multiple colonies under near-identical formats in this period, differentiated primarily by overprint or serial prefix.