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| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Reference(s) | P#85 |
| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Francisco Inocêncio de Sousa Coutinho (1726–1780), Portuguese military officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator of Angola, rendered in intaglio at centre. The bank title "BANCO DE ANGOLA" appears in the upper legend, with the denomination and guilloche underprint framing the composition. |
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| Reverse description | A large intaglio historical vignette to the left illustrates a Portuguese colonial official consulting a document with indigenous Angolan figures on a riverbank, a sailing vessel and a construction scene visible in the background. A blank oval guilloche cartouche occupies the right centre, flanked below by the Portuguese royal coat of arms within a laurel wreath. The denomination cartouche "CEM ANGOLARES" is centred at the lower portion of the note, with the printer's imprint "THOMAS DE LA RUE & COY. LTD. LONDRES. INGLATERRA" along the bottom margin. The overall colour is violet-purple. |
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| Variants | P#85a - Issued note P#85s - Specimen. Red overprint TDLR oval. |
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