50 Rupias

The Junta da Fazenda Pública — the public treasury board of Portuguese India — issued notes locally rather than relying on Lisbon-printed paper, which was unusual for a colonial administration of this size. Printing in Nova Goa kept production under direct treasury control but also meant limited technical resources, and the resulting notes lack the engraved quality of contemporaneous issues from Bradbury Wilkinson or similar metropolitan printers.

The Pick ANL designation indicates this type remains unlisted in standard catalogs, which itself tells a story: surviving examples are rare enough that comprehensive documentation has never been completed.