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| Emittent | Banco de Portugal |
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| Jahr | 1884 |
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| Nennwert | 20 Mil Réis |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Brown intaglio print on cream paper with an elaborate guilloche border framing the entire note. A central vignette depicts a seated allegorical female figure beside the Portuguese coat of arms, enclosed within an oval wreath. The issuer's title appears in a curved banner at the top, with the denomination spelled out in a cartouche below the vignette, flanked by two oval underprint panels and the numeral 20 at each corner. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | 20 |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Banco de Portugal's 19th-century high-denomination notes were printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. in London — a firm that handled a substantial portion of Portugal's paper currency production during this period. The 20 Mil Réis occupied the upper end of everyday commercial use, a sum roughly equivalent to several months' wages for a Lisbon laborer in the 1880s.
Portugal was still operating under the milréis system that would survive until decimalization in 1911. The watermark security at this tier reflects the period's limits — sophisticated counterfeiting was a persistent concern, and the Banco de Portugal had faced embarrassing forgery episodes in earlier decades.