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500 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed portrait vignette of Régulo D. Aleixo in traditional ceremonial headdress at right, within an oval frame. Central field carries the denomination in Portuguese and Chinese characters, with the date "Lisboa, 25 de Abril de 1963" below. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot of the note under the titles "O Administrador" and "O Governador", with guilloche underprint throughout. |
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| Reverse description | At left, a circular guilloche vignette encloses a sailing ship with the Banco Nacional Ultramarino seal inscription. Centre field bears the Portuguese colonial arms of Timor in full heraldic rendering. The denomination "Quinhentos Escudos" is lettered in bold across the lower central area, with the numeral 500 repeated at lower left and right corners against a fine lilac and rose guilloche background. |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino was Mozambique's note-issuing authority throughout the colonial period, and by 1963 it was printing high-denomination notes against a backdrop of mounting armed resistance — FRELIMO launched its insurgency the following year. Six different signature combinations are recorded for this Pick 29 series, an unusually high number that reflects the administrative turbulence of the late colonial administration rather than any deliberate policy of frequent rotation.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility was the go-to printer for colonial currency throughout the British and Portuguese empires alike — a useful irony given the political tensions of the period.