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Banco de Portugal, proof 5 Mil Reis, ND (1906), no serial number or signature, obverse and reverse design as issued, Portrait of Marquez de Pombal at left, one cancellation hole, handling thus about uncirculated, scarce and attractive Pick 104p £300-£400
Hammer Price: £240
Banco de Portugal, proof 500 Reis, ND (1904), no serial numbers or signature, design as issued, the cancellation punch hole hasn't quite broken through the paper, hard fold in top margin, extremely fine, scarce Pick 105p £200-£300
Hammer Price: £160
Banco de Portugal, specimen colour trial for 500 Reis, 30 November 1904, serial number BK 00000, line struck through both signatures, black on brown and orange print, design as issued, perforated SPECIMEN, multiple pinholes, extremely fine, this note is dated one month earlier than the start of the issue, very rare especially in this colour variety Pick 105ct £300-£400
Hammer Price: £420
Banco de Portugal, 2500 Reis, 30 June 1909, serial number GK 08354, original extremely fine and scarce Pick 107 £200-£260
£200–£260
Banco de Portugal, proof 2500 Reis, ND (1910), no serial number or signature, obverse and reverse design as issued, portrait of A. de Albuquerque at right, one cancellation hole, pencil date in margin ‘04/03/05’, one fold, light handling, good extremely fine Pick 107p £300-£400
Banco de Portugal, proof 50 Centavos, ND (1918), no serial number or signatures, obverse and reverse as issued, one cancellation hole, two hard folds, one light bend thus extremely fine Pick 112a £200-£300
Banco de Portugal, Proof 5 Escudos, ND (1920), no serial number or signatures, green and orange underprint, Portrait J Dad Regras, bank title at top, corner fold that hasn't broken the paper, good extremely fine Pick 120p £360-£460
£360–£460
Banco de Portugal, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing designs for the 500 Escudos of 1922, similar in almost all respects to the note eventually issued except for the large portrait of Joao de Deus being replaced with an allegorical maiden, photographs in excellent condition, laid down on thick card, fascinating to see early design work for an exceptionally rare note (2 photos) Pick 129 for similar £340-£400
Hammer Price: £340
Banco de Portugal, obverse and reverse photographs showing an unused Bradbury Wilkinson design for 50 Escudos, c.1925-26, with two alternative obverse designs, both featuring Joao Goncalves Zarco, and a reverse design featuring a caravel, none of these designs were used because Waterlow and Sons won the printing contract on this occasion, backed on thick card, photos in good condition (3 photos) Pick 136 for the note issued instead £400-£500
Hammer Price: £400
Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 100 Escudos, ND (1928), no serial numbers or signatures, two punch holes, two horizontal folds, extremely fine, very scarce Pick 140p £150-£200
Hammer Price: £150
Banco de Portugal, 20 Escudos, 27 February 1940, serial number DSG 13107, lightly pressed and with several (probably short snorter) signatures partially removed from reverse, fine Pick 143 £60-£80
Hammer Price: £40
Banco de Portugal, proof 50 Escudos, ND (1929), no serial number or signatures, portrait of B.Carneiro, two cancellation holes, lines and annotations in margins to indicate how much white space to leave around the printed area, considerable handling and creasing, no hard folds thus extremely fine Pick 144p £300-£400
Banco de Portugal, 100 Escudos, 13 March 1941, serial number CDK 12027, lightly pressed but an attractive very fine example, quite scarce Pick 150 £200-£260
Banco de Portugal, proof 100 Escudos, ND (1935), no serial number or signatures, Joao Pinto Ribeiro portrait at left, horizontal folds in top margin, extremely fine, scarce Pick 150p £400-£500
£400–£500
Banco de Portugal, obverse and reverse photographs showing an unused Bradbury Wilkinson design for 500 Escudos, c.1935, obverse with Albuquerque at right, as with the Portuguese India notes issued ten years later, reverse with image of the Conquest of Malacca and a head in profile showing the Hindu merchant, Nina Chatu, nothing like this note was ever produced, although the design shares some elements with the other Bradbury notes printed in the same era, mounted on card, photos excellent...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Banco de Portugal, 1000 Escudos, 17 June 1938, serial number M16771, in ICG holder 48*, extremely fine, lightly flattened, very scarce Pick 152 £400-£500
Banco de Portugal, proof 20 Escudos, ND (1941), no serial number or signatures, multicolour, Portrait of D. Antonio Luiz Mendes, with several horizontal folds, good very fine Pick 153p £180-£220
£180–£220
Banco de Portugal, proof 1000 Escudos, ND (1942), no serial number or signatures, portrait of D.Afonso Henriques, one cancellation hole, light fold in right margin thus about uncirculated Pick 156p £300-£400
£300–£400
Banco de Portugal, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing designs for the 5000 Escudos of 1942, with one obverse and two different reverse designs, with the obverse and one reverse being very similar to that issued, and the other reverse being considerably different, all backed on card, beautiful designs, unique and lovely (3 photos) Pick 157 £340-£400
Hammer Price: £1,000
Banco de Portugal, 50 Escudos, 28 April 1953, serial number G06421, in ICG holder 63, uncirculated Pick 160 £120-£160
Hammer Price: £100
Banco de Portugal, proof 1000 Escudos, ND (1956), no serial number or signature, portrait of D. Filipa de Lencastre at right, one cancellation, extremely fine, a rare and beautiful note Pick 161p £500-£600
£500–£600
Banco de Portugal, 500 Escudos, 27 May 1958, serial number MZ05634, in ICG holder 40*, very fine to extremely fine, lightly pressed Pick 162 £150-£200
£150–£200
Banco de Portugal, proof 1000 Escudos, ND (1964), no serial number or signature, portrait of D. Filipa de Lencastre at right, one cancellation, about uncirculated Pick 166p £360-£460
Banco de Portugal, 500 Escudos, 6 September 1979, serial number KLT 22791, also 500 Escudos, 4 October 1979, serial number CB 90775, in ICG holders 66, choice uncirculated (2 notes) Pick 170b, 177a £70-£90
Hammer Price: £60
Banco de Portugal, 500 Escudos (8), 4 October 1979, 100 Escudos (15), 24 February 1981, the 500 Escudos about uncirculated, the 100 Escudos uncirculated (23 notes) Pick 177, 178 £80-£100
Hammer Price: £75
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 2 1/2 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number 0970642, very good to about fine, very scarce in any grade Pick 13, BNU PG25a £120-£160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 5 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number 226,687, original very good, extremely scarce in any condition Pick 14, BNU PG26d £240-£300
£240–£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, a fully printed proof for 5 Escudos, 2 November 1945, no serial number, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, two cancellation holes, red ink numeral in top margin, corner fold, about uncirculated Pick 27p, BNU PG38p £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 100 Escudos, 27 March 1947, serial number 102,086, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signature, very good, a very rare note in any grade Pick 35, BNU PG45e £300-£400
Hammer Price: £2,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 100 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number B000000, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, red ESPECIME overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 67, without security thread, uncirculated Pick 38s, BNU PG48cs £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 100 Escudos, 30 June 1964, serial number C000000, Luis Pereira Coutinho signature, red ESPECIME signature, two cancellation holes, specimen number 52, one pair of staple holes, one vertical fold, good extremely fine and scarce Pick 41s, BNU PG53fs £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 1000 Escudos, 30 April 1964, serial number 203816, uncirculated Pick 43, BNU PG55m £160-£320
Hammer Price: £140
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 500 Escudos, 27 July 1971, serial number 196749, uncirculated Pick 46a, BNU PG58g £120-£160
Hammer Price: £120
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 10 Rupias, 11 January 1938, serial number 218060, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, lovely original paper, toned but an attractive very fine, very scarce TBB B320d, Pick 32 £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 20 Rupias, 11 January 1938, serial number 110838, Artur Meneses Correia de Sá – Visconde de Merceana signature, a few pinholes, small repair in low right margin, overall good fine and scarce in any grade TBB B321a, Pick 33 £1,500-£2,000
£1,500–£2,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 10, 20 and 50 Escudos, 29 November 1945, serial numbers 074945, 381331 and 042841, each with two very large cancellation holes, fine (3 notes) TBB B325e, B326g, B327g, Pick 36, 37, 38 £80-£100
Hammer Price: £85
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number 050,690, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, two tiny holes in margins, original about very fine and very scarce without the usual large cancellation holes TBB B328f, Pick 38 £400-£500
Hammer Price: £380
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 30 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial numbers 977133, small hole at left and a small piece missing from right margin, otherwise very fine TBB B330, Pick 41 £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 300 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 000000, black De La Rue seals, SPECIMEN overprint, in PCGS holder number 67 OPQ, superb gem uncirculated TBB B333ds, Pick 44s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 600 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 000000, black De La Rue seals, SPECIMEN overprint, in PCGS holder number 67 OPQ, superb gem uncirculated TBB B334s, Pick 45s £400-£500
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