Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
|---|---|
| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Escudo (1914-1975) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Brown-toned note with a portrait vignette of Francisco de Oliveira Chamiço at left, the Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower centre, and the bank seal at right. Two overprinted GUINÉ inscriptions appear in red. The layout is framed with fine guilloche border work typical of Bradbury Wilkinson intaglio production. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PROVINCIA DE GUINÉ DEZ ESCUDOS PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE GUINÉ LISBOA, 1 de Janeiro de 1921. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ld. GRAVADORES, LONDRES (Translation: National Overseas Bank Province of Guinea Ten Escudos Payable at the branches of the Province of Guinea Lisbon, 1st January 1921. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
| Reverse description | Brown-toned reverse centred on an allegorical vignette of a seated female figure with sailing ships in the background, rendered in intaglio. A red overprinted GUINÉ inscription appears on the face. Fine guilloche patterns frame the central composition consistent with Bradbury Wilkinson craftsmanship. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |