Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Escudos
| Issuer | Banco de Angola |
|---|---|
| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Escudo (1958-1977) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a portrait of Marshal António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (1869–1951), 11th President of Portugal, rendered in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint. The Portuguese Angolan national coat of arms is positioned to the left of the portrait. The denomination and issuing bank name appear in letterpress along the upper and lower margins. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE ANGOLA CEM ESCUDOS (Translation: Bank of Angola, One Hundred Escudos) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a detailed intaglio vignette of a date palm rising against a tropical landscape, with an oil palm fruit cluster in the left foreground and lush tropical foliage extending across the centre. Fine guilloche rosette patterns occupy the left and right margins, with the numeral 100 printed in large format at both lower-left and upper-right corners against a warm ochre and brown underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |