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200 Réis Bronze
| Issuer | Provincia de Angola |
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| Year | 1892-1895 |
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| Value | 200 Réis |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set against a light guilloche underprint with a decorative border of repeating geometric motifs. The numeral "200" appears in large figures at the upper left and right corners, with the provincial coat of arms vignette at the top centre between the inscriptions "PROVINCIA DE ANGOLA". The denomination "DUZENTOS RÉIS" is printed in large letterpress text across the centre, flanked on both sides by the word "Bronze", with the issuance date "Loanda, 1 de julho de 1892" below, followed by signature lines for the Governor-General and the Inspector of Finance. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE ANGOLA Bronze DUZENTOS RÉIS Bronze Loanda, 1 de julho de 1892 O governador geral, O inspector de fazenda, (Translation: Province of Angola, Two Hundred Réis, Luanda, 1 July 1892, The Governor-General, The Inspector of Finance) |
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Angola's provincial administration issued this note locally through the Imprensa Nacional de Loanda — one of the very few cases in Portuguese colonial Africa where a paper currency was both designed and printed within the colony itself, rather than imported from Lisbon. The "Bronze" denomination series was introduced to substitute for the chronic shortage of small copper coinage in circulation, a problem that plagued Angolan commerce throughout the late nineteenth century.
Locally printed colonial notes of this period are disproportionately rare in any grade. The paper stock available in Luanda was inferior to metropolitan standards, and the humid coastal climate accelerated deterioration.