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50 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 50 Escudos |
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| Obverse description | Red on multicolour underprint. Intaglio portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamiço at left, the Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower centre, and the bank seal at right. Two overprinted red inscriptions reading "S. TOMÉ e PRÍNCIPE" appear on the face, with the denomination "CINCOENTA ESCUDOS" and issuing decree details rendered in letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETO No. 17.154 PROVINCIA DE S. TOMÉ e PRÍNCIPE CINCOENTA ESCUDOS PAGAVEL NAS DEPENDENCIAS DA PROVINCIA DE S. TOMÉ e PRÍNCIPE LISBOA, 21 de Março de 1944. BRADBURY, WILKINSON & & Co. Ld. GRAVADORES, LONDRES (Translation: National Bank Overseas Decree no. 17,154 Province of St. Thomas and Prince Fifty Escudos Payable at the premises of the Province of St. Thomas and Prince Lisbon, March 21, 1944. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. Engravers, London) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino's 50 Escudos of 1944 was issued for Portuguese Guinea, one of several West African territories the BNU served as a colonial note-issuing bank — a role it held well into the independence era. Bradbury Wilkinson printed the series in London, as they did for much of the BNU's colonial portfolio during this period, producing work of consistent technical quality for circulation conditions that were rarely gentle.
Foxing and humidity damage are the predominant condition problems with surviving examples, a predictable consequence of West African storage and use.