10 000 Reis Bolama seal

Issuer	Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Year	1909
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Dark-green intaglio print on multicolour guilloche underprint. Portrait vignette of Vasco da Gama at left, with a vignette of his sailing vessel at right; a red Type I Bolama agency seal applied at lower centre. The overall design is characteristic of Bradbury Wilkinson's engraved colonial-issue style of the early twentieth century.
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Reverse description	Printed in brown tones on a multicolour guilloche underprint. A large central medallion, bearing the circular legend BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO, encloses an allegorical female figure seated before a square-rigged sailing vessel in the background; the denomination numeral 10 appears in bold relief on both the left and right flanking panels. At upper centre, a green letterpress cartouche carries the agency inscription PAGAVEL NA AGENCIA DE BOLAMA.
Reverse lettering	PAGAVEL NA AGENCIA DE BOLAMA BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO (Translation: Payable in agency of Bolama National Bank Overseas)
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