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5 Rupias
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Green on lilac underprint. The central vignette presents an intaglio engraving of the Saptakoteshwar temple of Lord Shiva at Narve-Bicholim, flanked on either side by bilingual text panels carrying the denomination and issuing authority. The date appears at upper left, boxed serial numbers at upper right and lower left, with the signature panel positioned along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO EM NOVA GOA LISBOA, 11 de JANEIRO de 1938 DECRETO No. 17.154 CINCO RUPIAS PAGÁVEL AO PORTADOR NA INDIA PORTUGUÊSA (Translation: National Bank Overseas in Nova Goa Lisbon, January 11, 1938. Decree no. 17,154 Five Rupee Payable to bearer in Portuguese India) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a finely engraved intaglio vignette of a prowling tiger in a jungle setting, set within an elaborate guilloche border and framed between two decorative columns. The denomination numeral "5" appears in circular guilloche cartouches at both left and right, with the bank name divided across the top and bottom of the central frame and the printer's imprint rendered in small letterpress type along the lower margin. |
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