Catalog
2500 Reis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Value | 2500 Reis |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Vasco da Gama in an oval vignette at left, flanked by elaborate guilloche scrollwork; the arms of Portugal appear at upper right, with the denomination '2500' in the upper corners. A circular red seal of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino is affixed at lower center, with a secondary vignette of Vasco da Gama's fleet under sail at lower right. The text panel at center carries the payable obligation in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of an allegorical female figure seated alongside a sailing ship, rendered in intaglio against a guilloche underprint background. |
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| Variants | P#5a - seal type "Filial em S. Thiago" P#5b - seal type "Colonias, Commercio, Agricultura" |
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