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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | Typographia Annuario Commercial, Praça dos Restauradores, Lisboa |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on light-green guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '5' appears within a circular rosette at left, while the bank seal with a sailing ship vignette is at right. A central cartouche bears the denomination legend 'CINCO CENTAVOS' flanked by decorative scrollwork, with the issuing place and date in italic script below and the Governor's manuscript signature at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO EM S. TOMÉ CINCO CENTAVOS MOEDA CORRENTE LISBOA, 19 de Abril de 1918 O GOVERNADOR (Translation: National Overseas Bank in St. Tomé Five Centavos Currency Lisbon, 19 April 1918 The Governor) |
| Reverse description | Black letterpress on pale yellow-green underprint. The central vignette, set within a circular frame, presents a sailing ship at sea under a clouded sky, encircled by a ribbon bearing the bank's motto. A large decorative anchor is positioned at the base of the composition, flanked symmetrically by denomination numerals '5 CENTAVOS' within oval cartouches at left and right, the whole framed by elaborate acanthus scrollwork. |
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