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5 Patacas Banco Nacional Ultramarino
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 5 Patacas |
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| Obverse description | The BNU issuing bank seal appears at left, with a portrait of a historical figure set within an oval vignette at right, all against a guilloche underprint. The Portuguese coat of arms is positioned at bottom centre beneath the portrait. Bilingual inscriptions in Portuguese and Chinese appear across the face, with the date and management council text along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO 行銀理滙外海國洋西大 MACAU CINCO PATACAS 圓伍 LISBOA, 18 de NOVEMBRO de 1976 CONSELHO DE GESTÃO (Translation: National Overseas Bank Atlantic Foreign Exchange Bank Macau Five Patacas Lisbon, 18 November 1976 Management Council) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio scene of a seated Portuguese explorer or navigator in period armour, viewed from behind, gazing upon a fleet of tall-masted sailing vessels at sea, rendered in rich brown tones. Flanking the central scene are two large guilloche rosettes, each bearing the numeral "5" in pink and the Chinese characters 伍 (top) and 圓 (bottom) within ornamental cartouches. The bank name appears in a curved banner along the top border and the denomination CINCO PATACAS along the lower border. |
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