10 000 Reis 10 Mil Reis

€220,391.00
IssuerAzores (Portugal)
Year1905
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value10 000 Réis (10 000)
CurrencyReal (decimalized, 1843-1911)
CompositionPaper
Size165 × 105 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterPrinting of the Bank of Portugal (Estamparía do Banco de Portugal), Lisbon, Portugal
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In circulation to7 April 1931
Reference(s) P#11
Obverse descriptionOverprinted 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.
Reverse descriptionBrown 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.
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 typeWatermark
Protection descriptionBust of A. de Albuquerque and `BANCO DE PORTUGAL`
Obverse lettering10.000 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 letteringAÇÔRES BANCO DE PORTUGAL DEZ MIL RÉIS
(Translation: Azores Bank of Portugal Ten Thousand Reis)
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Catalog ID6897952750
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