Emergency Portuguese banknote sold at Noonans

A sale of Banknotes at Noonans included this One Rupee note issued by the Banco Nacional Ultramarino in Goa in 1917. The rare first issue note took £13,000 (plus 24% buyer’s premium).

A shortage of coinage in the First World War had led to the production of these emergency small ch…

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