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50 Escudos Banco de Moçambique Overprint

Issuer Banco de Moçambique
Year 1976
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Printer Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom
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Obverse description Black intaglio on multicolour underprint. A portrait vignette of Admiral João de Azevedo Coutinho is positioned at left centre, with the national arms rendered at upper centre right. A black letterpress overprint reading "BANCO DE MOÇAMBIQUE" is applied over the original Banco Nacional Ultramarino text, with signature lines for the Governor and Administrator below.
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Reverse description Dark green intaglio on multicolour guilloche underprint. At left centre, the circular seal of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino encloses a vignette of a full-rigged sailing vessel on open water, surrounded by the bank's name and founding date "LISBOA - 1864"; the seal is set against an elaborate radiating guilloche pattern with acanthus scroll ornaments at the corners. To the right, a large denomination numeral "50" is printed in ochre within a scroll cartouche, with "PAGÁVEL EM MOÇAMBIQUE" and "CINQUENTA ESCUDOS" in bold letterpress along the lower margin.
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