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5000 Reis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM S. THOMÉ PAGARÁ Á VISTA AO PORTADOR CINCO MIL REIS EM MOEDA CORRENTE VALOR RECEBIDO LISBOA, I de MARÇO de 1909. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Cia. Gravadores, Londres (Translation: National Bank Overseas The treasurer of the branch in St. Thomas will pay to the bearer Five Thousand Reis in Currency - amount received Lisbon, March 1st., 1909. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Cia. Engravers, London) |
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| Reverse lettering | PAGAVEL NA FILIAL EM S. THOMÉ BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO BRADBURY WILKINSON & Cº Lº GRAVADORES LONDRES (Translation: Payable in branch in St. Thomas National Bank Overseas Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers London) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino was a Lisbon-based institution with a colonial mandate — it held note-issuing rights across Portuguese overseas territories, and by 1909 was producing currency for multiple distinct administrations simultaneously. This particular note was for metropolitan Portugal's purposes rather than the colonies, an arrangement that made BNU's position constitutionally unusual: a private bank holding monopoly issuance rights in a country still nominally a constitutional monarchy, barely a year before the 1910 republican revolution would force a fundamental renegotiation of those privileges.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement places the printing firmly in London's New Malden works.