5000 Pesos

Bradbury Wilkinson printed for dozens of post-colonial governments during the 1970s and 1980s, and this note is characteristic of that period's output from their New Malden facility — technically competent work produced under a business model that relied heavily on newly independent African and Asian states needing turnkey currency solutions. Guinea-Bissau had only gained independence from Portugal in 1974, and the Banco Nacional was still a young institution when this 5000 Pesos note was issued.

Bradbury Wilkinson was acquired by American Bank Note Company in 1990, effectively ending over a century of independent operation. This note falls in the final years of their active production.