Catalog
10 000 Reis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Size | 177 × 108 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO O THESOUREIRO DA FILIALA EM LOURENÇO MARQUES PAGARÁ Á VISTA AO PORTADOR DEZ MIL REIS EM MOEDA CORRENTE VALOR RECEBIDO |
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| Reverse lettering | PAGAVEL NA FILIALA EM LOURENÇO MARQUES BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino was chartered in Lisbon in 1864 specifically to serve Portugal's overseas territories, and by 1909 it held note-issuing authority across a sprawling collection of colonies from Angola to Macau. This particular denomination — 10,000 Reis — was among the higher values in circulation just two years before the Portuguese monarchy collapsed and the entire Reis system was swept away by the Republican escudo reform of 1911.
Bradbury Wilkinson's work for colonial issuers of this period is generally consistent in quality, with intaglio printing and fine-line security work that held up well against tropical humidity — a genuine practical concern for notes destined for equatorial African postings.
The note predates the Republic by roughly twenty months.