Catalog
5 Patacas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1910 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO Nº 43.501 $5 Nº 43.501 O Thesoureiro da Filial em Dili (Timor) pagará a vista ao portador CINCO PATACAS em moeda corrente Valor recebido LISBOA 1 de Janeiro de 1910 O GERENTE O GOV. O VICE GOV. |
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| Reverse lettering | 大西洋國海外理銀行 BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 伍圓 $5 $5 CINCO PATACAS DILI (TIMOR) BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co Ld LONDON |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino had held exclusive note-issuing rights in Macau since 1902, and this 5 Patacas represents one of the earliest denominations printed under that monopoly arrangement. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. were the dominant choice for colonial currency work at this period — their intaglio security printing was considered harder to counterfeit in territories where banking infrastructure was thin and forgery detection unreliable.
The pataca itself was pegged to the Mexican silver dollar, a de facto standard across much of southern China's trade network at the time.