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5000 Reis - Pedro IV Overprint on P#10 - John Prince Regent
| Issuer | Real Erário (Royal Treasury of Portugal) |
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| Year | 1826 |
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| In circulation to | 31 August 1834 |
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| Obverse description | Brown-toned apólice on laid paper with engraved vignettes at the top border and a blank central medallion reserve. A red letterpress overprint in a starburst cartouche reads 'D. PEDRO IV – 1826', applied over the original P#10 John Prince Regent note. The text body, printed in letterpress, carries the full obligation legend in archaic Portuguese, flanked by manuscript serial number and control notations. |
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| Obverse lettering | LISBOA No 1798 R 5$000 rs D PEDRO IV - 1826 No Real Erario se hade pagar ao Portador desta Apolice de hoje a hum Anno Cinco mil Reis Com o Seu Competente juro. Lisboa 2 de Março de Mil Sete Centos Noventa e Nove. Joaquim José de Souza Ignácio Antonio Ribeiro (Translation: Lisbon In the Real Erario, it was necessary to pay the Bearer of this Policy from today to one Year Five Thousand Reis With His Competent interest. Lisbon March 2, One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Nine.) |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted verso bearing multiple circular fiscal validation stamps in black ink, dated across different years (including 1800, 1805, 1814, and 1804), each incorporating a crowned royal arms vignette within a guilloche border. Several manuscript annotations and handwritten signatures appear alongside the stamps, recording successive renewals or administrative endorsements of the note during its circulation period. |
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