10 000 Reis 10 Mil Reis

Issuer Azores (Portugal)
Year 1905
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 10 000 Réis (10 000)
Currency Real (decimalized, 1843-1911)
Composition Paper
Size 165 × 105 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Printing of the Bank of Portugal (Estamparía do Banco de Portugal), Lisbon, Portugal
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 7 April 1931
Reference(s) P#11
Obverse description Overprinted on P#81 banknote from Portugal; stamped `AÇÔRES` on four corners. Brown on yellow underprint. Luis de Camões at left; two allegorical mermaids with globe at lower center; chariot with flying horses at upper right; ships at lower right.
Obverse lettering 10.000 RÉIS AÇÔRES BANCO DE PORTUGAL MOEDA INSULANA DEZ MIL RÉIS OURO Pagavel nas Agencias nos Açôres Lisboa 30 de Janeiro de 1905 AÇÔRES EST. DO BANCO DE PORTUGAL
(Translation: 10,000 Reis Azores Bank of Portugal Island currency Ten Thousand Reis Gold Payable at agencies in the Azores Lisbon, January 30, 1905 Printer of Bank of Portugal)
Reverse description Brown on yellow underprint. Stamped `AÇÔRES` five times. Portrait of Infante Dom Henrique at upper left; two allegorical heads at center; crowned coat of arms at bottom center.
Reverse lettering AÇÔRES BANCO DE PORTUGAL DEZ MIL RÉIS
(Translation: Azores Bank of Portugal Ten Thousand Reis)
Signature(s) José Félix da Costa, Júlio Marques de Vilhena, Augusto José da Cunha, Marqués do Fayal, José Pereira Cardozo, João da Motta Gomes Júnior, José da Paixão Castanheira das Neves,
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Bust of A. de Albuquerque and `BANCO DE PORTUGAL`
Variants
Numisquare ID 6897952750
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