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Collection - Coins and Notes - Diário de Notícias #32 5 000 Reis
| Issuer | Banco de Portugal |
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| Year | 1905 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Portuguese royal crowned coat of arms in green and yellow tones, flanked by olive branches. A blank oval watermark space occupies the left. To the right, a dark shield-shaped guilloche cartouche bears the inscription "CINCO 5 MIL REIS PRATA". A mirror-image "SPECIMEN" perforation is visible across the centre. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE PORTUGAL CINCO 5 MIL REIS PRATA 5$000 SPECIMEN |
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By 1905, Banco de Portugal had been printing its own notes at the Estamparia inhouse facility for decades — a deliberate policy of self-sufficiency unusual among European central banks of the period, most of which contracted work to specialist firms like Bradbury Wilkinson or De La Rue. The quality differential was real and occasionally commented upon by contemporary critics.
The "Diário de Notícias" designation refers to a collector series issued by the newspaper, not an original circulation classification — this note was issued as part of a modern promotional partwork, with the 1905 original serving as the catalogued reference type.