20 Rupias

€215,925.00
IssuerPortuguese India
Year1945
TypeStandard banknote
Value20 Rupias
CurrencyRupia (1880-1958)
CompositionPaper
Size150 × 80 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
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Reference(s) P#37
Obverse descriptionBlue and multicolor. Bank seal (steamship) at upper left; portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right. Numeral 20 at all four corners.
Reverse descriptionBlue and purple. Woman (left) watching sailing ships at center; Portuguese Arms at upper right.
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Obverse letteringBANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO INDIA PORTUGUESA DECRETO Nº 17.154 VINTE RUPIAS LISBOA, 29 de NOVEMBRO de 1945.
(Translation: National Bank Overseas Portuguese India Decree no. 17,154 Twenty Rupee Lisbon, November 29, 1945.)
Reverse letteringBANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PAGAVEL NA INDIA PORTUGUESA
(Translation: National Bank Overseas Payable in Portuguese India)
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Catalog ID6255836870
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