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10 Patacas Banco Nacional Ultramarino, crowned arms
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1907-1941 |
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| Printer | Barclay & Fry, London, United Kingdom (1855-1922) |
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| Obverse description | Light red on green guilloche underprint, with the crowned Portuguese royal arms as a vignette at upper left and a sailing ship vignette at upper centre. Bilingual text in Portuguese and Chinese identifies the issuing bank and denomination, arranged within an ornate letterpress border with intricate geometric underprint patterning. The face value "DEZ PATACAS" and the Chinese equivalent appear in the central inscription band. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on a dense guilloche background, the reverse centres on an oval cartouche enclosing the crowned coat of arms of Portugal, flanked on each side by the denomination numeral "$10" in large bold figures. The bank title "BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO" runs in serif lettering above and below the central cartouche, while Chinese denomination panels reading "拾圓" occupy each corner. The printer's imprint of Barclay & Fry, London, appears in small text at the lower right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO $10 $10 拾圓 拾圓 |
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