100 Escudos 6th. print, 2nd. type

€1.00
IssuerPortugal
Year1961
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value100 Escudos (100 PTE)
CurrencyEscudo (1911-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size149 × 90 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
No. printed
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In circulation to31 December 1978
Reference(s) P#165
Obverse descriptionDeep violet and purple on orange, green and multicolor underprint. Portrait of the mathematician and cosmographer Pedro Nunes (1492-1578). Portuguese Coat of Arms at top center.
Reverse descriptionBlack and purple on multicolor underprint. Image of the cloister of the Monastery of Batalha on the left and logo of the Bank of Portugal in the center.
Signature(s)Rafael da Silva Neves Duque, António Alves Salgado Júnior, António Luís Gomes, António Osório Pereira de Castro, Domingos Pedro de Castro Constâncio Pereira Coutinho, Fernando Emygdio da Silva, João Baptista de Araújo, José Caeiro da Mata,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionPortrait of Pedro Nunes
Obverse letteringBanco de Portugal Ch. 6A CEM ESCUDOS OURO LISBOA, 19 DE DEZEMBRO DE 1961
(Translation: Bank of Portugal 6Ath. print One Hundred Escudos Gold Lisbon, December 19, 1961)
Reverse lettering100 BANCO DE PORTUGAL 100 CEM ESCUDOS
(Translation: Bank of Portugal One Hundred Escudos)
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Catalog ID8093880050
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