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50 Centavos
| Uitgever | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The back, printed in red-brown intaglio, presents a central allegorical female figure seated before a background of sailing ships, enclosed within a large circular guilloche frame. Ornate cartouches at left and right each carry the denomination '0$50', and the bank name 'BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO' is rendered in ribbon lettering across the upper field. The printer's imprint 'BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO. GRAVADORES LONDRES' appears in small lettering along the lower border. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 0$50 |
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| Opmerkingen |
Banco Nacional Ultramarino occupied an unusual position in Portuguese colonial finance — it held the note-issuing concession for multiple overseas territories simultaneously, and this 50 Centavos issue reflects that administrative sprawl. Bradbury Wilkinson produced colonial small-denomination notes for numerous issuers in this period, and their work for BNU was no exception to the general pattern of shared plate economies across different territories.
1914 places this at the outbreak of the First World War, when Portuguese overseas currency supply chains became genuinely complicated. Determining which territory this specific note was intended to serve — Mozambique, Angola, Timor — requires checking the printed text, as BNU issued near-identical notes across several dependencies in the same years.