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50 Angolares
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1927 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA CINCOENTA ANGOLARES (Translation: Bank of Angola, Fifty Angolares) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA CINCOENTA ANGOLARES THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMP. LONDRES INGLATERRA (Translation: Bank of Angola, Fifty Angolares, Thomas De La Rue & Co., London, England) |
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The Banco de Angola was established in 1926, making this 1927 note among the earliest issues under that institutional name — its predecessor, the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, had managed Angolan currency for decades prior. The transition involved a deliberate rebranding of colonial financial authority at a moment when Lisbon was consolidating control over its overseas territories under the early Salazar-aligned administration.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement is characteristic of the period; the London firm handled a substantial portion of Portuguese colonial currency printing throughout the 1920s. The P#74 series is scarce in any grade, partly because Angola's tropical climate was punishing on paper stock.