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5 Avos Banco Nacional Ultramarino
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Currency | Pataca (1894-date) |
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| Obverse description | Brown on light green underprint. The note is printed in intaglio with the bank title BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO and MACAU in bold lettering across the upper portion, with the denomination CINCO AVOS centred in large text. A central vignette at the lower centre shows the Portuguese royal coat of arms, flanked by guilloche rosettes at the corners bearing the numeral 5 and Chinese characters. Two cancellation punch holes are visible through the signature panel, and a large red SPECIMEN overprint diagonally crosses the face, with the serial number rendered as 000000. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO MACAU 5 伍 AVOS 仙 |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino was Lisbon's instrument of colonial monetary control across multiple territories simultaneously — the same institution issued notes for Portuguese Guinea, Cape Verde, São Tomé, Mozambique, Angola, and Timor, often using closely related plate designs adapted by territory. This 5 Avos for Timor sits at the very bottom of a denomination structure designed for a subsistence economy where fractional values actually mattered in daily commerce.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is worth noting — the New Malden firm handled security printing for dozens of colonial and minor-state issuers through the mid-twentieth century, and their intaglio work on low-denomination colonial notes was rarely given the attention reserved for flagship issues.