Catalog
1000 Reis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Currency | Real (1799-1910) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on green and yellow guilloche underprint. A red circular bank seal appears at right in two known varieties, with the Portuguese Coat of Arms positioned at the upper right corner. The face carries the full text of the promise to pay, the date of issue, and the printer's imprint in letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM S. THOMÉ pagará á Vista ao Portador MIL REIS EM MOEDA CORRENTE VALOR RECEBIDO LISBOA, I de MARÇO de 1909. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Cia. Gravadores, Londres (Translation: National Bank Overseas The treasurer of the branch in St. Thomas will pay to the bearer Thousand Reis in Currency - amount received Lisbon, March 1st., 1909. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Cia. Engravers, London) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino operated as the privileged note-issuing bank for Portugal's overseas territories, and by 1909 this note would have circulated in multiple colonial dependencies under the same or closely related series. Bradbury Wilkinson's engraving work for colonial issuers was extensive during this period — the London firm held contracts across British, Portuguese, and other European colonial banking systems simultaneously, often adapting plate elements between clients.
Pick 7 is among the earlier catalogued BNU issues, and surviving examples in any honest circulated condition are genuinely uncommon.