5000 Reis Bolama seal

Features

Issuer	Guinea-Bissau › Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975)
Issuing bank	Banco Nacional Ultramarino (Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 大西洋银行)
Period	Colony of the Portuguese Empire (1910-1951)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1909
Value	5000 Reis
Currency	Real (decimalized, 1841-1910)
Composition	Paper
Size	161 × 101 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 270499
References	P# 3 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1909 First Issue (Bolama Seal)

Obverse

Green on multicolor underprint.
Vasco da Gama at left; red seal at lower centre (type I Bolama); ship of Vasco da Gama at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
O THESOUREIRO DA AGENCIA DE
BOLAMA
PAGARA A VISTA A PORTADOR
CINCO MIL REIS
EM MOEDA CORRENTE
VALOR RECIBIDO
LISBOA, I DE MARÇO DE 1909.

Translation:
National Bank Overseas
the Treasurer of the Agency of Bolama
pay to the bearer
Five Thousand Reis
in currency
amount received
Lisbon, March 1, 1909.

Reverse

Green.
Woman and ships in background at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAGAVEL NA AGENCIA DE BOLAMA
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO

Translation:
Payable in agency of Bolama
National Bank Overseas

Signatures

António Teixeira de Souza (ATS)	Governor
Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina (MCFA)	Vice Governor

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

Comments

Seal Type I: Bolama seal

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Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1909-Mar-01	ATS, MCFA

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