Catalog
1000 Réis
| Issuer | Junta da Fazenda Publica da Provincia d'Angola |
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| Year | 1861-1867 |
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| Currency | Real (18th century-1914) |
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| Obverse description | The note is typeset in letterpress style with a Portuguese Royal Coat of Arms centrally placed at the top, flanked by the issuing authority inscription and the denomination numeral RS. 1:000 in the upper right. A handwritten serial number appears at the upper left, and the body of the note carries a Portuguese-language promise-to-pay text citing the governing decree, with the issue date 'Loanda, 1 de Julho de 1861' and a manuscript signature below. A vertical guilloche border strip runs along the left margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is blank, with no printed design, text, or ornamentation. |
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Angola's first paper money. The Junta da Fazenda Pública — the provincial treasury board, not a bank — issued these notes under a Portuguese colonial fiscal authority that predated any formal banking presence in the territory. The Banco Nacional Ultramarino, which would eventually dominate Angolan note issue, wasn't established until 1864 and didn't begin operating in Luanda until years later, so these Junta notes filled a real gap in local commerce during a period of significant Portuguese administrative reorganization in West Africa.
Printing arrangements for this series remain poorly documented. Pick lists it without a confirmed printer, and surviving examples are rare enough that census data is thin.