At right, a portrait of poet Francisco José Tenreiro. At top right center, a coat of arms above a compass. At center, an African grey parrot underprinted beneath a fragment of `Coração em Africa` poetry from Tenreiro.
Reverse description
A scene of costumed men with shields in front of the Floripes monument during a performance of the Auto de Floripes in Santo António on the island of Príncipe.
Signature(s)
Adelino Santiago Castelo David, Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira, Americo de Oliveira dos Ramos, Luis Fernando Moreira de Sousa, Hélio Silva Vaz de Almeida, Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Rei Amador
Obverse lettering
BANCO CENTRAL S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE
Negro!
Levanta os olhos pro sol rijo
E ama a tua mulher
Na terra humida e quente.
In Coração em Africa
Papagaio Cinza
Francisco José Tenreiro
CEM MIL DOBRAS (Translation: Central Bank of Sao Tome and Principe Black [man]! Look up at the hard sun And love your wife In this hot and humid land. From `Heart of Africa` Grey parrot Francisco José Tenreiro One Hundred Thousand Dobras)
Reverse lettering
BANCO CENTRAL S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE
AUTO DE FLORIPES
CEM MIL DOBRAS (Translation: Central Bank of Sao Tome and Principe Auto de Floripes festival One Hundred Thousand Dobras)