2500 Reis Bolama seal

Issuer Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975)
Year 1909
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 2500 Reis
Currency Real (decimalized, 1841-1910)
Composition Paper
Size 147 × 93 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reference(s) P#2
Obverse description Dark-green on multicolor underprint. Vasco da Gama at left; red seal at lower centre (type I Bolama); ship of Vasco da Gama at right.
Obverse lettering BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO O THESOUREIRO DA AGENCIA DE BOLAMA PAGARA A VISTA A PORTADOR DOIS MIL E QUINHENTOS REIS EM MOEDA CORRENTE VALOR RECIBIDO
(Translation: National Bank Overseas The Treasurer of the Agency of Bolama Pay in cash by carrier Two Thousand and Five Hundred Reis in currency Amount received)
Reverse description Blue-green. Woman and ships in background at centre.
Reverse lettering PAGAVEL NA AGENCIA DE BOLAMA BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
(Translation: Payable in agency of Bolama National Bank Overseas)
Signature(s) António Teixeira de Souza, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina,
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Numisquare ID 9319021860
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