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Portuguese real – 2400 réis (1798–99)

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Original – Portugal Imperial Treasury, 2400 réis (1798–99), fully issued. Semi-circular cut in the left margin scrollwork design is a counterfoil (early anti-counterfeiting measure), the left severed portion was retained by the issuing authority and could be compared to the note when presented for payment if necessary. Second issue of Portuguese banknotes, extremely rare.

Reason

High quality, high EV. Very early example of Portuguese paper currency.

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Portuguese real

FP category for this image

Currency

Creator

Kingdom of Portugal, Imperial Treasury
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 20:42, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
• The image date on commons says 1798, but the note says 1799 (twice; once in numerals at the top and once handwritten at the end). Belle (talk) 22:01, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
  • It's actually series of 1798-1799 (per numismatic reference books). The original printed date of 1798 has had the last digit (8) overwritten by a 9 and the specific vignettes are attributed to the 98-99 series.--Godot13 (talk) 22:42, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
    • I guess that means printed in 1798 and issued in 1799? Support Belle (talk) 22:48, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
      • They probably started issuing the specific design in 1798 and instead of changing it for 1799, the reused the prior year and overwrote the date.--Godot13 (talk) 16:24, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:22, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
• Curiousity rears its head: Why is there a semicircular cut at the edge? Any significance should be mentioned in the caption.... --Janke | Talk 06:32, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Janke - my oversight, information added.--Godot13 (talk) 07:17, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support — Yann (talk) 08:38, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:41, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support -–Jobas (talk) 15:17, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support - quite high quality. — Cirt (talk) 20:22, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:POR-4-Imperial Treasury-2400 Reis (1798-99).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:44, 26 September 2015 (UTC)