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50 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red and blue, the reverse centres on a vignette of a female figure accompanied by a view of steamships. The Portuguese Coat of Arms is positioned at right, balanced within a finely engraved border typical of Bradbury Wilkinson's colonial note output. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO PAGÁVEL NA COLÓNIA DE S. TOMÉ E PRINCIPE BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Lto. GRAVADORES, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, INGLATERRA (Translation: National Bank Overseas Payable in Colony of St. Thomas and Prince Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ltd Engravers, New Malden, Surrey, England) |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino occupied an unusual position in Portuguese colonial finance — a private institution chartered in Lisbon but functioning as the effective central bank across Portugal's overseas territories. This 50 Escudos was issued for Angola, one of several African territories the BNU served concurrently, each requiring separately designated note series to prevent cross-border circulation of colonial currency.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility was among the most technically sophisticated intaglio printers of the mid-twentieth century, handling colonial note production for several European powers simultaneously. The P#33 series was a relatively short-lived issue — Angola's currency arrangements were reorganized in subsequent years as postwar economic pressures reshaped how Lisbon managed its overseas monetary infrastructure.