20 000 Réis 9th. print - overprint `REPÚBLICA`

€382,163.00
IssuerPortugal
Year1912
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value20 000 Réis (20 000)
CurrencyReal (decimalized, 1835-1910)
CompositionPaper
Size179 × 115 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterPrinting of the Bank of Portugal (Estamparía do Banco de Portugal), Lisbon, Portugal
No. printed
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In circulation to17 October 1916
Reference(s) P#109
Obverse descriptionBlue on tan underprint. Portrait of Vasco da Gama at left and Luis de Camões at right; Coat of Arms at lower center, with overprint `REPÚBLICA`. Chapa 9.
Reverse descriptionBrown. Allegorical woman at left; Mercury at right. Overprint `REPÚBLICA` at left, over crowned coat of arms (Kingdom).
Signature(s)Augusto José da Cunha, José Adolfo de Mello e Sousa, António José Gomes Netto,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionBanco de Portugal
Obverse lettering20:000 BANCO DE PORTUGAL VINTE MIL RÉIS OURO Lisboa 30 de Dezembro de 1909 O Director O Governador REPUBLICA EST DO BANCO DE PORTUGAL
(Translation: Bank of Portugal Twenty Thousand Reis Gold Lisbon, December 30, 1909 The Director The Governor Republic Printer of Bank of Portugal)
Reverse letteringREPÚBLICA 20 BANCO DE PORTUGAL VINTE MIL RÉIS
(Translation: Republic Bank of Portugal Twenty Thousand Reis)
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Catalog ID7716232360
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