10 Escudos

Issuer	Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Year	1945
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Purple intaglio print on paper. Portrait of the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias at right, the bank's circular seal at left, and the Portuguese Coat of Arms at lower centre. The design is framed by fine guilloche underprint work, with the issuing authority and decree details inscribed across the note.
Obverse lettering	BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DECRETO No. 17.154 CABO VERDE COLÓNIA PORTUGUESA DEZ ESCUDOS LISBOA, 16 de NOVEMBRO de 1945. BARTOLOMEU DIAS (Translation: National Bank Overseas Decree no. 17,154 Cape Verde Portuguese Colony Ten Escudos Lisbon, November 16, 1945.)
Reverse description	Purple and green intaglio and letterpress print. A central allegorical vignette portrays a seated female figure gazing toward a harbour scene with sailing vessels and a steamship at centre; two large denomination numeral counters enclosed in elaborate guilloche rosettes flank the vignette at left and right. Scrolling ribbon banners carry the bank name across the upper portion of the note, with the printer's imprint along the lower margin.
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