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1000 Reis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio-printed note on a fine guilloche underprint, with the bank title "BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO" in a bold arched banner across the upper portion. A large denomination panel "REIS 1000" occupies the left, while a circular red seal bearing a steamship vignette is affixed at right; the Portuguese arms appear at upper right within ornate scrollwork borders. The date and place of issue, Lisbon 1 March 1909, are printed in the lower centre, with signature lines for the Gerente and Vice-Governador below. |
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| Reverse lettering | PAGAVEL NA FILIAL EM S. THIAGO BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO (Translation: Payable at the Agency of St. Thiago. National Overseas Bank.) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino was Portugal's instrument for colonial monetary management, and by 1909 it held note-issuing rights across a sprawling set of territories from Mozambique to Timor. This particular note was almost certainly issued for Angola or one of the smaller Portuguese African possessions — the P#4 designation places it within a series that predates the significant currency reorganizations that followed World War One.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is the technically interesting point here. The London firm was among the most rigorous security printers of the period, and their intaglio work for colonial issuers was consistently tighter than what most European state mints were producing domestically at the time.