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5000 Reis

Issuer Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Year 1909
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Value 5000 Réis
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Obverse description Black on multicolour underprint. At left, an intaglio portrait vignette of Vasco da Gama; at right, a vignette of sailing ships rendered in fine line engraving; the Portuguese Coat of Arms appears at upper centre. A red bank seal is applied at bottom centre, with two recorded varieties of this seal known.
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Reverse description Printed in green. A large central medallion vignette, framed by the bank name in a circular legend and surrounded by an intricate guilloche border, contains an allegorical female figure seated before a sailing ship. Numeral "5" counters appear in the left and right guilloche panels, and the printer's imprint is set along the bottom margin. The branch payability inscription is printed in red at the top.
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Variants P#9a - seal with text "Filial em S. Thomé"
P#9b - seal with text "Colonias, Commercio, Agricultura"
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