Catalogus
| Uitgever | Junta da Fazenda Publica da Provincia d'Angola |
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| Jaar | 1877 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Blue-tinted note with a central Portuguese colonial arms vignette at top centre, flanked by the issuer's title in two parts across the upper margin. A large denomination numeral 'R.° 20S000' appears to the right, with the serial number field to the left. The body carries a printed text authorising payment, with a guilloche underprint, date line reading 'Loanda', and two manuscript signatures at foot. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain reverse with no printed design, consistent with the simple typographic production style of this colonial issue. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
| Varianten | Log in om details te zien |
| Opmerkingen |
The Junta da Fazenda Pública da Província d'Angola was a provincial treasury board, not a central bank — its note-issuing authority derived from colonial administrative necessity rather than any formal banking charter. By 1877, Angola's monetary circulation was a chronic problem: imported Portuguese metallic currency drained back to Lisbon, leaving the interior starved of transactional media. These notes were a local stopgap, issued under Lisbon's sanction but produced within the colony itself, which was unusual for Portuguese colonial issues of the period.
Printed in Angola rather than contracted to a European security printer, the production quality reflects the limitations of local facilities. That provincial origin is precisely what makes this series scarce.