Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 1/2 Angolares
| Issuer | Provincia de Angola - Governo Geral de Angola |
|---|---|
| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 21/2 Angolares (2.50) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a black rhinoceros facing forward, set within an ornate arch supported by decorative columns, surrounded by elaborate guilloche scrollwork and floral cornerpieces in a deep purple-brown palette. The denomination numerals '2½' appear in large format to the left and right of the central vignette. The printer's imprint 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & CY LTD LONDRES INGLATERRA' is visible at the base of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA 21/2 DOIS ANGOLARES E MEIO (Translation: Portuguese Republic, Two and a half Angolares) |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Angola's 2½ Angolares denomination is an awkward unit by any standard — a fractional value rooted in the old real-based accounting that Portuguese colonial administration struggled to shed cleanly when the Angolar was introduced in 1928. By 1942, with Atlantic shipping lanes disrupted and metropolitan Portugal's economy under severe strain, contracting De La Rue in London required navigating wartime logistics between a neutral country's colonial authority and a British printer operating under wartime conditions.
Pick 69 is scarce in circulated grades above Fine, likely due to the note's low face value and heavy everyday use in Luanda's markets.