Catalog
10 Patacas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red and displays an elaborate guilloche underprint across the full field, with large numeral "10" counters at left and right, each accompanied by the Chinese character for ten (拾) above and the Chinese character for dollar (圓) below. At centre, an oval vignette encloses a steamship at sea encircled by the legend BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO / COLONIAS, COMMERCIO, AGRICULTURA, surmounted by the bank name and the payability inscription PAGAVEL NA COLONIA DE TIMOR. The denomination DEZ PATACAS is set in bold letterpress below the central vignette. |
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| Signature(s) | Francisco José Vieira Machado & António dos Santos Viegas Artur Meneses Correia de Sá & António dos Santos Viegas |
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| Protection description | the Banco Nacional Ultramarino emblem visible in the paper when held to light. |
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