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50 Rupias
| Issuer | Junta da Fazenda Pública do Estado da India Portugueza |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Value | 50 Rupias |
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| Obverse description | The note is divided into a left counterfoil and a main body. The counterfoil bears the issuer's name 'JUNTA DA FAZENDA', the denomination '50 RUPIAS', and the date 'Nova Goa, 4 de Novbr de 1882' in letterpress. The main body carries a central oval vignette with a bust portrait of King Carlos I set within a guilloche border, flanked by the denomination '50 RUPIAS' repeated on both sides in bold lettering, with the issuer's full title 'JUNTA DA FAZENDA PUBLICA DO ESTADO DA INDIA PORTUGUEZA' across the top and a manuscript promise-to-pay text in Portuguese below, with the denomination also rendered in Devanagari script. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is left blank. |
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The Junta da Fazenda Pública — the public treasury board of Portuguese India — issued notes locally rather than relying on Lisbon-printed paper, which was unusual for a colonial administration of this size. Printing in Nova Goa kept production under direct treasury control but also meant limited technical resources, and the resulting notes lack the engraved quality of contemporaneous issues from Bradbury Wilkinson or similar metropolitan printers.
The Pick ANL designation indicates this type remains unlisted in standard catalogs, which itself tells a story: surviving examples are rare enough that comprehensive documentation has never been completed.