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10 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Reference(s) | P#59 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DEZ 10 CENTAVOS DEZ CENTAVOS MOEDA CORRENTE LOURENCO MARQUES LISBOA, 5 de Novembro de 1914 O VICE-GOVERNADOR O GOVERNADOR |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 0$10 0$10 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Lda GRAVADORES LONDRES |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino's 10 Centavos of 1914 belongs to a fractional emergency issue prompted by a severe shortage of metallic coinage in Portuguese colonial territories during the early war years. Small-denomination coins had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, exported, or simply worn out of service — and paper substitutes at these tiny values were an unusual and somewhat desperate administrative measure.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is worth noting: the firm handled a substantial portion of Portugal's overseas currency printing during this period, and their intaglio work on low-value notes of this type was technically disproportionate to the denomination's purchasing power.