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50 000 Réis
| Emittent | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Jahr | 1909 |
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| Nennwert | 50 000 Réis (50 000) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Central vignette of Vasco da Gama (c. 1460–1524), the Portuguese explorer and first European to reach India by sea, accompanied by a scene of his 1497 embarkation. The design is executed in fine intaglio engraving typical of Bradbury Wilkinson's work, with guilloche underprint borders framing the central composition. Bank name and denomination inscriptions appear within formal letterpress text panels. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM LOANDA PAGARÁ Á VISTA AO PORTADOR CINCOENTA MIL REIS EM MOEDA CORRENTE VALOR RECEBIDO (Translation: National Overseas Bank, The Branch Treasurer in Luanda, Will pay the holder on sight fifty thousand réis in current currency) |
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| Anmerkungen |
Bradbury Wilkinson produced this note for Banco Nacional Ultramarino at a moment when the bank was juggling colonial currency obligations across Portuguese Africa, Asia, and the Pacific simultaneously. The 50,000 Réis denomination placed this firmly at the high end of circulation — not a note that saw daily commerce.
The Réis-based monetary system was already living on borrowed time. Portugal decimalized in 1911, replacing the Réis with the Escudo at 1,000 Réis to the Escudo, which made 50,000 Réis notes like this one obsolete within two years of issue.