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1000 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1929 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in reddish-brown intaglio on a light ground, with the bank title BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO across the top and a branch inscription O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM LOURENCO MARQUES below. The Portuguese royal arms appear at right within an ornate frame, and the date LISBOA, 1 de MARÇO de 1909 is printed at centre. A bold black letterpress overprint at left reads MIL ESCUDOS, with an additional black overprint of the denomination 1000 ESCUDOS at upper right; a circular red stamp of the bank and two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM LOURENCO MARQUES PAGARÁ À VISTA AO PORTADOR MIL ESCUDOS MOEDA CORRENTE NA COLONIA LISBOA, 1 de MARÇO de 1909 O GOVERNADOR O VICE GOVERNADOR O GERENTE 1000 ESCUDOS |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino occupied a peculiar position in Portuguese colonial finance — it was a private institution holding a state concession, issuing currency across multiple territories simultaneously, from Mozambique to Timor. This 1000 Escudos note was issued for Portuguese Guinea, one of the smaller and economically thinner of those territories, which makes high-denomination survivor pieces comparatively rare relative to the Angola or Mozambique equivalents from the same period.
Bradbury Wilkinson produced fine-line intaglio work of consistently high quality for colonial issuers throughout the interwar decades. The 1929 date places this firmly in the period before the Estado Novo consolidated Lisbon's grip on colonial monetary policy.