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20 000 Reis - Miguel I Overprint on P#6 - John Prince Regent
| Issuer | Real Erário (Royal Treasury), Portugal |
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| Year | 1828 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on plain paper. Three cherubs appear as a vignette at top centre. The body of the note carries the printed text of the apólice obligation dated Lisbon, 14 May 1799, with manuscript signatures of the treasury officials below. A red crowned circular overprint reading 'D. Miguel I – 1828' in a starburst pattern is applied over the original P#6 issue to validate it for continued circulation under Dom Miguel I. |
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| Obverse lettering | LISBOA No 1799 R 10$000 rs No Real Erario se hade pagar ao Portador desta Apolice de hoje a hum Anno Vinte mil Reis Com o Seu Competente juro. Lisboa 14 de Maio de Mil Sete Centos Noventa e Nove. João José de Souza Ignácio Antonio Ribeiro D Miguel I - 1828 (Translation: Lisbon In the Real Erario, it was necessary to pay the Bearer of this Policy from today to one Year Twenty thousand Reis With His Competent interest. Lisbon May 14, One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Nine.) |
| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse bearing approximately seven circular black ink validation stamps, each centred on the Portuguese royal coat of arms surmounted by a crown, with a month name and year inscribed around the circumference. The stamps, applied at various dates between 1800 and 1806, record successive annual renewals of the apólice and are distributed across the entire reverse field. |
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