2500 Réis, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, 1909 (Pick 30)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1909
Issuing entity
AngolaThis 2500 Réis note was issued in Angola by Banco Nacional Ultramarino, dated 1909. It belongs to the Real (18th century-1914) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Manuel II (1908-1910). It measures 147 × 93 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 30.
Obverse: Vasco da Gama (~1460-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea, and Sailing ships. Its lettering reads “BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO / O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM / LOANDA / PAGARÁ Á VISTA AO PORTADOR / DOIS MIL E QUINHENTOS REIS / EM / MOEDA CORRENTE / VALOR RECEBIDO”. Translation given in the catalogue: “National Overseas Bank, The Branch Treasurer in Luanda, Will pay the holder on sight two thousand five hundred réis in current currency”.
Reverse: Woman, and Sailing ships. Its lettering reads “PAGAVEL NA FILIAL EM / LOANDA / BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO”. Translation given in the catalogue: “Payable at the branch in Luanda, National Overseas Bank”. The note was printed by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990). Signatures recorded for the type: António Teixeira de Souza (ATS) (Governor); Luís Diogo da Silva (LDS) (Vice Governor). Demonetized: Yes.
Identification note: match the value, issuing bank, printed date and Pick number together; dates and signature combinations distinguish sub-varieties, which are not separated in this entry. Details follow the Numista catalogue entry and the Standard Catalog reference it cites; they have not been checked against a central-bank archive.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Historical context
Seal Type "Colonias, Commercia, Agricultura"
Physical characteristics
- Size
- 147 × 93 mm
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Material
- Paper
Technical characteristics
- Printer
- Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
- Currency
- Real (18th century-1914)
- Signatures
- António Teixeira de Souza (ATS) (Governor) · Luís Diogo da Silva (LDS) (Vice Governor)
- Demonetized
- Yes
- Issuing bank
- Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Design
- Obverse
- Vasco da Gama (~1460-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea, and Sailing ships
- Reverse
- Woman, and Sailing ships
- Obverse lettering
- BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO / O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM / LOANDA / PAGARÁ Á VISTA AO PORTADOR / DOIS MIL E QUINHENTOS REIS / EM / MOEDA CORRENTE / VALOR RECEBIDO
- Reverse lettering
- PAGAVEL NA FILIAL EM / LOANDA / BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
Identification
- Value
- 2500 Réis
- Dates recorded
- 1909
- Distinguishing features
- Printed date and signature combination separate sub-varieties
- Catalogue number to match
- Pick 30
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (Pick)P30
- NumistaN# 218985
Research required
- Confirm date and signature varieties against the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money.