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50 Centavos seal type II
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. The Portuguese Coat of Arms appears at right, with the bank seal in Type II format at bottom centre. Intricate guilloche patterns fill the background, with the bank name and denomination inscribed across the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO EM S. TIAGO DEZ CINCOENTA CENTAVOS MOEDA CORRENTE LISBOA, 5 de Novembro de 1914. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Gravadores, Londres (Translation: National Bank Overseas in St. Tiago Fifty Cents in Currency Lisbon, November 5, 1914. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino issued this 50 Centavos note for circulation in Portuguese Guinea — one of several small-denomination fractional notes introduced during the First World War when metallic coinage effectively disappeared from West African colonial pockets. The "seal type II" designation marks a validation change applied to the series; the same printed sheets received different official overprints or cachets depending on the issuing authority's administrative decisions at the time of release.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement places the physical production firmly in New Malden, Surrey — the firm's actual operating address despite the London association.