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20 Patacas Banco Nacional Ultramarino
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1996-1999 |
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| Currency | Pataca (1894-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | 貳拾 BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 20 20 VINTE PATACAS 貳拾 |
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| Protection description | a junk (traditional Chinese sailing vessel) |
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| Comments |
The Banco Nacional Ultramarino served as Macau's currency authority until 1995, when the Autoridade Monetária e Cambial de Macau took over note issuance — which makes the 1996–1999 date range on this Pick 66 series worth pausing over. The BNU continued printing and distributing notes under contract after losing its central bank status, a transitional arrangement that created genuine ambiguity about institutional authority during the handover period leading up to 1999 Portuguese withdrawal.
The printed date of 30 April 1945 is almost certainly a plate date inherited from an earlier design cycle, not the actual print run date for notes circulating in the late 1990s.