50 Centavos seal type III

Features

Issuer Cape Verde
Issuing bank Banco Nacional Ultramarino (Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 大西洋银行)
Period Colony of the Portuguese Empire (1910-1951)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1914
Value 50 Centavos (0.50 PTE)
Currency Portuguese Escudo (1914-1975)
Composition Paper
Size 121 × 72 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
258530
References P# 17
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1914 "S. Tiago" Fractional "Centavos" Issue

Obverse

Green on multicolor underprint.
Arms at right, seal at bottom center.
Blue seal type III.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
EM S. TIAGO
CINCOENTA CENTAVOS
MOEDA CORRENTE
LISBOA, 5 de Novembro de 1914.

Translation:
National Bank Overseas
in S. Tiago
Fifty Cents in currency
Lisbon, November 5, 1914.

Reverse

Brown.
Woman and ship at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO
0$50

Translation: National Bank Overseas

Signatures

Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina (MFA) Vice Governor
Luís Diogo da Silva (LDS²) Governor

Printer

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

Comments

Seal Type III (blue) - Colônias, Commercio, Agricultura (colonies, commerce and agriculture).

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
1914-Nov-05  MFA, LDS² Issued note
1914-Nov-05  MFA, LDS² Specimen

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