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50 Patacas Banco Nacional Ultramarino
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 50 Patacas |
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| Reverse lettering | Banco Nacional Ultramarino 50 澳門元 PATACAS 澳門 1889 Macau 1889 二零二零年五月十八日 澳門 MACAU, 18 DE MAIO DE 2020 根據第 18/2020 號行政法規 NOS TERMOS DO REGULAMENTO ADMINISTRATIVO N.º 18/2020 董事會 CONSELHO DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO (Translation: National Overseas Bank 50 Macanese Patacas) |
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| Protection description | Lotus flower watermark and electrotype numeral 50; embedded security thread |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino lost its note-issuing role in Macau when the Autoridade Monetária de Macau took over in 2010, making this a curious survival — BNU continues to print and issue currency for Macau under a formal arrangement alongside the AMCM, one of the few cases where a private Portuguese-chartered bank retained co-issuing rights into the third decade of the twenty-first century. The 50 Patacas denomination has historically been the workhouse of Macau's cash economy, far more commonly encountered in daily transactions than the higher values.
G+D's Munich operation produced the sheets on cotton substrate with a fairly minimal security specification for a 2020 date — watermark and thread without more advanced features suggests this is positioned as a mid-tier denomination with cost-appropriate protection.