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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Portuguese Escudo (1914-1975) |
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| Obverse description | Bluish-purple on multicolour underprint. The Portuguese Coat of Arms appears at right, with a red seal of Type III at bottom centre. Issuer name and denomination inscriptions are arranged around the design within a guilloche-enriched border. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO EM S. TIAGO CINCO CINCO CENTAVOS MOEDA CORRENTE LISBOA, 5 de Novembro de 1914. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Gravadores, Londres (Translation: National Overseas Bank in St. Tiago Five Five Centavos Legal Currency Lisbon, 5 November 1914. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green on a multicolour underprint. A central oval vignette contains an allegorical female figure seated in the foreground with a tall-masted sailing vessel and a steamship visible at sea behind her. Denomination numerals in guilloche roundels flank the vignette on both left and right, with ornate scrollwork filling the corners. |
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