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10 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 10 Escudos |
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| Reverse description | Brown intaglio print on plain paper. A central allegorical vignette shows a seated female figure with a globe and sailing ships in the background, flanked by two denomination numerals '10' set within ornate guilloche medallions. Scrolling banner inscriptions arc across the upper field, with the bank name rendered in diagonal ribbon lettering to either side. |
| Reverse lettering | PAGAVEL NA COLONIA DA GUINÉ BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO (Translation: Payable in Colony of Guinea National Bank Overseas) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino was Portugal's designated colonial bank, and this 1945 note was issued for circulation in Portuguese Guinea — one of several BNU territories sharing similar series structures but differentiated by overprint or vignette. Bradbury Wilkinson had a long relationship with Portuguese colonial issues, producing notes across multiple territories throughout the mid-twentieth century from their New Malden premises in Surrey.
The P#28 series is scarce in any grade. Portuguese Guinea's small population and limited commercial economy meant print runs were modest, and surviving examples with intact paper are genuinely uncommon.