10 Escudos 1st. print

€1.00
IssuerPortugal
Year1919-1920
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value10 Escudos (10 PTE)
CurrencyEscudo (1911-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size162 × 105 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
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In circulation to24 June 1929
Reference(s) P#117
Obverse descriptionBlue on yellow and brown underprint. Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at left; explorer scene at bottom center; Coat of Arms at lower right. Chapa 1.
Reverse descriptionBrown on yellow underprint. Allegorical figures at bottom center; head of allegorical woman at right.
Signature(s)Manuel António Dias Ferreira, Inocêncio Camacho Rodrigues, José da Paixão Castanheira das Neves, José Pereira Cardozo, Rui Enes Ulrich,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionAllegorical head.
Obverse letteringDEZ BANCO DE PORTUGAL DEZ ESCUDOS OURO Lisboa . 7 . Julho . 1920
(Translation: Ten Bank of Portugal Ten Escudos Gold Lisbon, July 7, 1920)
Reverse letteringDEZ ESCUDOS BANCO DE PORTUGAL DEZ 10
(Translation: Ten Escudos Bank of Portugal Ten)
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Catalog ID2599360820
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