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5000 Réis 6th. print
| Issuer | Banco de Portugal |
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| Year | 1903-1907 |
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| Printer | Printing of the Bank of Portugal (Estamparía do Banco de Portugal), Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Reverse description | Blue and orange guilloche underprint. The Portuguese Royal Coat of Arms, surmounted by a crown and flanked by laurel branches, occupies the central field. A large ornate cartouche to the right carries the denomination legend in bold intaglio lettering, with the value numeral 5$000 repeated in the lower border panel and at each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE PORTUGAL CINCO 5 MIL RÉIS PRATA 5$000 (Translation: Bank of Portugal Five Thousand Reis Silver) |
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The 5000 Réis in its sixth print iteration sat near the top of the Banco de Portugal's denominations at a time when Portugal's public finances were under severe strain — the country had effectively defaulted on its external debt in 1892 and spent the following decade renegotiating under humiliating terms. High-denomination notes like this one circulated primarily in commercial and interbank transactions; ordinary wage earners rarely handled them.
Printed in-house at the Estamparia do Banco de Portugal, this series represents the bank's growing preference for domestic production over foreign contract printers. The sixth print designation indicates accumulated revisions to the plate or security features across a long production run stretching into the final years of the monarchy.