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50 000 Réis
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Value | 50 000 Réis (50 000) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a portrait of Vasco da Gama (c. 1460–1524), the Portuguese navigator renowned as the first European to reach India by sea, flanked by sailing ship vignettes within an ornamental guilloche border. The issuing bank's title and the Luanda branch payability clause appear in letterpress above and below the principal design, with the denomination stated in full across the lower register. Guilloche underprint work frames and integrates the compositional elements throughout the face. |
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| Reverse description | A female allegorical figure occupies the central position of the reverse, flanked symmetrically by sailing ship vignettes. Ornamental guilloche borders frame the composition, with the bank's name and Luanda payability clause rendered in letterpress within the upper and lower panels. |
| Reverse lettering | PAGAVEL NA FILIAL EM LOANDA BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO (Translation: Payable at the branch in Luanda, National Overseas Bank) |
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