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100 Patacas Banco Nacional Ultramarino
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a panoramic intaglio view of the Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge spanning the waters between Macau Peninsula and Taipa, with the city skyline rendered in fine engraved linework across the upper portion. Guilloche rosettes frame the composition on both lateral borders, and the denomination panel CEM PATACAS is set within a recessed cartouche at the lower centre. Corner numerals and Chinese characters repeat the value at each extremity of the design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino, a Lisbon-based institution with roots going back to 1864, retained its role as Macau's note-issuing authority right through the 1999 handover to China — an unusual arrangement that persisted alongside the rival Banco da China issue series introduced that same year. By 2003, BNU notes circulated in parallel with Banco da China pataca notes, a dual-issuer system that remains in force today and is almost entirely unique among Chinese-administered territories.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement continued a printing relationship with BNU that stretched back decades across multiple Portuguese overseas territories.