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1000 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Escudo (1958-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio printing on a light green underprint; a portrait vignette of Afonso de Albuquerque is positioned to the right, with a blank watermark window to the left and the Portuguese coat of arms at bottom centre. The denomination numeral 1000 appears in all four corners in Western Arabic numerals. |
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| Protection description | Plain watermark window visible on the left side of the obverse |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino operated as a note-issuing authority across Portuguese overseas territories rather than functioning as a conventional central bank for metropolitan Portugal. This 1959 issue would have circulated in one of those territories — most likely Portuguese Guinea, Angola, Mozambique, or another possessions under BNU mandate — though the specific territory is not distinguished by the Pick number alone without additional overprint or serial prefix data.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement was typical for Portuguese colonial currency of this period, the London firm having held printing contracts across the BNU's territorial issues for decades. At 1000 escudos, this was a high-denomination note relative to everyday wages in any of the territories it served.