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30 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Signature(s) | Artur Meneses Correia de Sá & Francisco José Vieira Machado José de Azeredo Perdigão & Francisco José Vieira Machado António Julio de Castro Fernandes & Francisco José Vieira Machado Gastão Bessone Basto & Francisco José Vieira Machado Abel Beja Corte Real & Francisco José Vieira Machado |
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| Protection description | José Celestino da Silva portrait, visible when held to light |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino was the note-issuing authority for Portuguese overseas territories, and this 30 Escudos piece was issued for circulation in Portuguese Guinea — one of several distinct series BNU produced concurrently for different colonies, each with its own denomination structure. The 30 Escudo value itself is unusual; not a round figure, it suggests a deliberate fit with local pricing or wage structures in the colony rather than a standard metropolitan denomination ladder.
Five different signature combinations are recorded for P#22, indicating a long print life or phased distribution across administrations. Francisco José Vieira Machado appears as the constant second signatory across all variants — worth noting when attributing individual specimens to a particular period of issue.