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10 Libras
| Issuer | Companhia de Moçambique |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | P#R22 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DA BEIRA DEZ DEZ PAGARÁ À VISTA AO PORTADOR DEZ LIBRAS ESTERLINAS OURO OURO |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DA BEIRA DEZ DEZ DEZ LIBRAS ESTERLINAS OURO £10 £10 |
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The Companhia de Moçambique — a chartered company granted administrative control over the territory of Manica and Sofala in 1891 — issued its own currency entirely separately from the Portuguese colonial authorities in Lourenço Marques. This note falls near the end of that currency's active period; the Company's right to issue banknotes was eventually absorbed as Portuguese control tightened through the 1920s.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the series from their New Malden works, a logical choice given their extensive portfolio of colonial and company currency at the time. The 10 Libras denomination made it the highest-value note in the R-series, which limits surviving examples — high-denomination company notes were closely tracked and rarely left official hands for long.