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5 Avos Banco Nacional Ultramarino
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Currency | Pataca (1894-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 行銀理滙外海國洋西大 BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO MACAU O DIRECTOR DE FAZENDA | O GERENTE 5 CINCO AVOS DECRETO № 35,785 LISBOA, 6 DE AGOSTO DE 1946 LITO. BY THE HONG KONG PRINTING PRESS (1946) LTD. |
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| Reverse lettering | CINCO AVOS 仙伍 BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO MACAU 門澳 COLÓNIA PORTUGUESA |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino served as the note-issuing authority for Portuguese Macau from its concession in 1902, and this 5 Avos — essentially a fractional note — was produced locally in Hong Kong rather than in Lisbon or Coimbra. That printing choice was entirely practical: wartime disruptions had already severed reliable long-distance supply chains, and by 1946 the Hong Kong press offered a faster, cheaper solution for low-denomination fiduciary paper.
The avo denominations were notoriously short-lived in circulation, worn down quickly and seldom saved. Intact examples at this size are harder to find than the higher denominations of the same issue.