Catalog
1000 Réis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Reference(s) | P#28 |
| Obverse description | The note is laid out in a predominantly green and black colour scheme with elaborate guilloche borders framing the entire face. The bank title BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO appears across the upper register, with the branch designation O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM LOANDA centred below it. To the right, a circular vignette encloses a steamship at sea, flanked by the Portuguese royal arms and the seal of the bank, while the denomination MIL REIS is set in bold letterpress at centre, the date LISBOA 1 de MARÇO de 1909 appearing along the lower margin above the signature lines for O Gerente and O Governador. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM LOANDA pagará á Vista ao Portador MIL REIS EM MOEDA CORRENTE VALOR RECEBIDO (Translation: National Overseas Bank, The Branch Treasurer in Luanda, Will pay the holder on sight one thousand réis in current currency) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino was a Lisbon-based colonial bank chartered in 1864 specifically to manage currency and credit across Portugal's overseas territories. By 1909, it was issuing notes for multiple colonies simultaneously — the same Bradbury Wilkinson plates were often adapted across different territories with minimal modification, which makes precise attribution of specific P#28 printing runs to a single colony worth scrutinizing against the series prefix and overprint details.
Bradbury Wilkinson had by this date established a strong reputation for intaglio security printing, and their work for BNU was consistent with their broader Portuguese colonial contracts. Whether this particular note circulated in Mozambique, Angola, or another territory changes its monetary history considerably.