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25 Patacas Banco Nacional Ultramarino
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| In circulation to | 1950 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on cream paper, the obverse carries the bank title in Portuguese along the top panel and its Chinese equivalent (行銀理滙外海國洋西大) immediately below, flanking a central layout that pairs the Portuguese coat of arms within a laurel wreath on the left with an intaglio vignette of a Chinese temple gateway at right. The denomination in large Chinese characters (圓伍拾貳) occupies the centre, beneath the date line 'LISBOA, 16 de Novembro de 1945', with the value panel 'VINTE E CINCO PATACAS' in a bold letterpress band below. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot alongside the serial number, with the place name MACAU rendered in both Portuguese and Chinese (門澳) at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red and displays an elaborate guilloche underprint across the full field, with large numeral '25' medallions at left and right flanked by Chinese characters (伍拾貳 / 圓) in corner cartouches. The central vignette is the circular bank seal enclosing a steamship at sea above the legend 'COLONIAS. COMMERCIO. AGRICULTURA', all within a scalloped border frame. The bank name arcs across the top within a ribbon panel bearing the payability inscription, and the denomination 'VINTE E CINCO PATACAS' is set in a plain band at the foot. |
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| Protection description | Watermark in the paper, details consistent with Waterlow & Sons security paper production of the period. |
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