5000 Reis Bolama seal

Issuer Portuguese Guinea (1910-1975)
Year 1909
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5000 Réis
Currency Real (decimalized, 1841-1910)
Composition Paper
Size 161 × 101 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reference(s) P#3
Obverse description 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 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 description 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 8447844260
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