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Collection - Coins and Notes - Diário de Notícias #22 20 000 Reis
| Issuer | Banco de Guimarães |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown letterpress note with a circular heraldic vignette at left bearing the Banco de Guimarães coat of arms and date 1872, framed by guilloche side borders with denomination counters reading 20$000. Central text body carries the bearer promise inscription in cursive script with the large oval denomination vignette 'VINTE MIL REIS' at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing a plain paper surface with show-through of the obverse design visible in mirror image, including the central denomination vignette and border guilloche elements. |
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The Banco de Guimarães was one of the short-lived provincial banks authorized under Portugal's 1864 banking legislation, which briefly allowed regional institutions outside Lisbon and Porto to issue their own notes. The experiment was largely abandoned within two decades as the Banco de Portugal consolidated its monopoly on note issuance — most provincial bank paper was retired, redeemed, and pulped, leaving surviving examples genuinely sparse.
The 20,000 Réis denomination placed this firmly at the high end of commercial transactions for a regional Minho bank in 1873, suggesting wholesale trade use rather than everyday retail circulation.